sounded
/ˈsaʊndɪd/
sounded is the simple past and past participle of sound.
Meaning of sound
Verb
sound (third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded)
- To produce a sound.
- When the horn sounds, take cover.
- To convey an impression by one's sound.
- He sounded good when we last spoke.
- To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- For from you ſounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia & in Achaia onely: but your faith alſo which is towarde God, ſpred abroade in all quarters, that we nede not to ſpeake any thing.1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, →OCLC, I. Thessalonians I:8...
- To resound.
- To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
- In my opinion this claim sounds in damages rather than in an injunction.
- To cause to produce a sound.
- Sound the alarm!
Origin of sounded
Doublet of sonata.
Words formed from sounded
Phrases with sounded
Words that rhyme with sounded
Questions about sounded
- What is sounded the simple past and past participle of?
- Sounded is the simple past and past participle of sound.
- How do you pronounce sounded?
- Sounded is pronounced /ˈsaʊndɪd/.
Words near sounded in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sounded (page history and authors); sound (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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