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outsounding

outsounding is the present participle and gerund of outsound.

Meaning of outsound

Verb

outsound (third-person singular simple present outsounds, present participle outsounding, simple past and past participle outsounded)

(rare) To sound out (all senses)
To surpass in sounding.

Noun

outsounding (countable and uncountable, plural outsoundings)

(rare) A sounding out
- And it is not too much to say that its outsoundings and reverberations went into all the seventeen states of the precious Union that God 's providence had blessed us with.1920, Christ Church, Philadelphia
- Her wood-clattery heels sound
  against the stones at the gate.
  Against a cluster of coppered leaves;
  their outsoundings, a filigree.2013, Christine Murray, Cycles, page 37

Forms of outsounding

plural	outsoundings

Questions about outsounding

What does outsounding mean?: Outsounding means a sounding out.
What is outsounding the present participle and gerund of?: Outsounding is the present participle and gerund of outsound.
What part of speech is outsounding?: Outsounding is a noun.
What is the plural of outsounding?: The plural of outsounding is outsoundings.

Words near outsounding in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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