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- Dictionarysound/saʊnd/
noun
- 1. vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear: "light travels faster than sound"
- 2. sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations, as opposed to noise.
verb
- 1. emit or cause to emit sound: "a loud buzzer sounded" Similar
- 2. convey a specified impression when heard: "he sounded worried"
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1. a. : a particular auditory impression : tone. b. : the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing. c. : mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (such as air) and is the objective cause of hearing. 2. a. : a speech sound. a peculiar r-sound. b. : value in terms of speech sounds.
SOUND definition: 1. something that you can hear or that can be heard: 2. the activity of recording and broadcasting…. Learn more.
A sound is something that you hear. Peter heard the sound of gunfire. Liza was so frightened she couldn't make a sound. There was a splintering sound as the railing gave way. ...the sounds of children playing. Synonyms: noise, racket, din, report More Synonyms of sound. 2. uncountable noun A2.
n. 1. a. Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing. b. Transmitted vibrations of any frequency. c. The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium. d.
A sound is a noise, something you can hear if you're in the right spot and it's loud enough. A doorbell, a fire alarm, a cat's meow, or your brother's snoring — they’re all sounds. SKIP TO CONTENT
[uncountable] continuous rapid movements (called vibrations) that travel through air or water and can be heard when they reach a person’s or an animal’s ear. Sound travels more slowly than light. aircraft that can fly faster than the speed of sound. Sound carries well over calm water. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. from television/radio.
Britannica Dictionary definition of SOUND. 1. : something that is heard. [count] the sound of footsteps/thunder. the sounds of laughter. I heard a loud, buzzing sound. [= noise] [+] more examples. [noncount] devices used to record sound. measuring the speed of sound [=the speed at which the vibrations that create sounds move through the air] 2.
SOUND definition: 1. something that you hear or that can be heard: 2. how something seems to be, from what you have…. Learn more.
sound. noun. /saʊnd/ something you hear. [countable] something that you can hear synonym noise a high/low sound a clicking/buzzing/scratching, etc. sound the different sounds and smells of the forest She heard the sound of footsteps outside. He crept into the house trying not to make a sound. Want to learn more?
Noise, caused by irregular vibrations, is more properly applied to a loud, discordant, or unpleasant sound: the noise of shouting. Tone is applied to a musical sound having a certain quality, resonance, and pitch.
