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sound systems

sound systems is the plural of sound system.

Meaning of sound system

Noun

sound system (plural sound systems)

  1. An electronic system used to reproduce sound.
  2. The set of speech sounds that make up a language; a phonology.
    • One young Tamil teacher had assimilated the sound-system of English so thoroughly to that of his mother-tongue that none of the Chinese and Malay children understood him.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 277
  3. A mobile platform playing selected recorded music, set up as a social event, often with an entrance fee.
    • Rooted in Caribbean culture and introduced to the UK by the Windrush generation, sound systems – static or truck-bound collectives of MCs and DJs playing music through customised, bass-heavy speakers – have been integral to Notting Hill carnival since 1973.2019 August 23, Dave Simpson, “The sound systems of Notting Hill carnival: 'I'll stop when I can't walk'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about sound systems

What is sound systems the plural of?
Sound systems is the plural of sound system.

Words near sound systems in the dictionary

  1. sound stage
  2. sound stages
  3. sound symbolism
  4. sound symbolisms
  5. sound system
  6. sound systems
  7. sound table
  8. sound tables
  9. sound technician
  10. sound technicians
  11. sound the alarm

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