Meaning

7 senses
  1. Healthy.

    He was safe and sound.

    In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.

    gesund

    здоро́выйzdoróvyj, кре́пкийkrépkij

  2. Complete, solid, or secure.

    Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.

    кре́пкийkrépkij, про́чныйpróčnyj, надёжныйnadjóžnyj

    complete; thorough

  3. Having the property of soundness.

    having legal efficacy or force

  4. (Ireland, UK, slang)Good; acceptable; decent.

    How are you? —I'm sound.

    That's a sound track you're playing.

    хорошо́xorošó

    exercising or showing good judgment

  5. Quiet and deep.

    Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.

    Her sleep was sound.

    (of sleep) deep and complete

  6. Heavy; laid on with force.

    a sound beating

  7. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

    a sound title to land

    logically valid

Examples

3996 sentences
  1. When did you hear the sound?

    Де ти чув цей звук? — deniko

    ruКогда ты услышал тот звук? — Biga

    deWann hast du das Geräusch gehört? — Tamy

  2. Their plan sounds interesting to me.

    Як на мене їхній план виглядає цікавим. — ChickenKiev

    ruИх план кажется мне интересным. — Olya

  3. It sounds like someone is crying.

    Таке враження, що хтось плаче. — deniko

    deEs hört sich an, als ob jemand weint. — Manfredo

  4. I've never heard that sound before.

    Я ніколи раніше не чув цього звука. — shanghainese

    deDas Geräusch habe ich noch nie gehört. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Why does that name sound familiar?

    Чому це ім'я звучить так, ніби я його знаю? — deniko

    ruПочему это имя кажется мне знакомым? — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
healthy:
complete, solid, or secure:
UK, slang: good or a good thing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
healthy:

Origin

From Middle English sound, sund, isund, ȝesund, from Old English sund (“sound, safe, whole

From Middle English sound, sund, isund, ȝesund, from Old English sund (“sound, safe, whole, uninjured, healthy, prosperous”), from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz (“healthy”), merged with synonymous Old English ġesund, from Proto-West Germanic *gasund.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

sounder, soundest
Comparativesounder Lesson
Superlativesoundest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • sounds like
  • sounds like a
  • that sounds like
  • the sound of
  • sound pretty
  • didn't sound very
  • sounds familiar
  • sound asleep
  • very sound sleeper
  • was sound asleep
  • sound very confident
  • heard the sound

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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