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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)

  1. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
    • When the horn sounds, take cover.
  2. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
    • He sounded good when we last spoke.
  3. (intransitive) 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...
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
  5. (intransitive, often) 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.
  6. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
    • Sound the alarm!

See all 31 meanings of sound

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

  1. SoundCloud
  2. SoundCloud rap
  3. SoundClouded
  4. SoundClouding
  5. SoundClouds
  6. sounded
  7. sounded off
  8. sounded out
  9. sounded the alarm
  10. sounder
  11. sounders

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