sound out

Verb

Meaning

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

try to learn someone's opinions and intentions

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Synonyms

feel out say pronounce articulate enunciate enounce check out grill question voice interview investigate examine probe quiz

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Antonyms

mutter answer respond reply rejoin murmur

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Hypernyms

question query

Hyponyms

sound click trill lisp round voice

Examples

She pronounces French words in a funny way Source: Internet

I cannot say `zip wire' Source: Internet

Can the child sound out this complicated word? Source: Internet

I have to sound out the new professor Source: Internet

Cooper, pp. 106–107 Walsingham was sent on a special embassy to the Netherlands in 1578, to sound out a potential peace deal and gather military intelligence. Source: Internet

Each metal face is meant to represent the faces and voices that were silenced by the atrocities of the concentration camps in World War 2. Stepping on them and making them sound out is meant to give the voiceless a voice, to force us to remember them. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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