sound – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sound

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sound out sth
Participle: sounded out sth
Gerund: sounding out sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Isound out sth
yousound out sth
he;she;itsounds out sth
wesound out sth
yousound out sth
theysound out sth

Perfect

Ihave sounded out sth
youhave sounded out sth
he;she;ithas sounded out sth
wehave sounded out sth
youhave sounded out sth
theyhave sounded out sth

Past

Isounded out sth
yousounded out sth
he;she;itsounded out sth
wesounded out sth
yousounded out sth
theysounded out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad sounded out sth
youhad sounded out sth
he;she;ithad sounded out sth
wehad sounded out sth
youhad sounded out sth
theyhad sounded out sth

Future

Iwill sound out sth
youwill sound out sth
he;she;itwill sound out sth
wewill sound out sth
youwill sound out sth
theywill sound out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have sounded out sth
youwill have sounded out sth
he;she;itwill have sounded out sth
wewill have sounded out sth
youwill have sounded out sth
theywill have sounded out sth

Subjunctive

Present

Isound out sth
yousound out sth
he;she;itsound out sth
wesound out sth
yousound out sth
theysound out sth

Perfect

Ihave sounded out sth
youhave sounded out sth
he;she;ithave sounded out sth
wehave sounded out sth
youhave sounded out sth
theyhave sounded out sth

Imperfect

Isounded out sth
yousounded out sth
he;she;itsounded out sth
wesounded out sth
yousounded out sth
theysounded out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad sounded out sth
youhad sounded out sth
he;she;ithad sounded out sth
wehad sounded out sth
youhad sounded out sth
theyhad sounded out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould sound out sth
youwould sound out sth
he;she;itwould sound out sth
wewould sound out sth
youwould sound out sth
theywould sound out sth

Perfect

Iwould have sounded out sth
youwould have sounded out sth
he;she;itwould have sounded out sth
wewould have sounded out sth
youwould have sounded out sth
theywould have sounded out sth

Imperative

yousound out sth
weLet's sound out sth
yousound out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam sounding out sth
youare sounding out sth
he;she;itis sounding out sth
weare sounding out sth
youare sounding out sth
theyare sounding out sth

Perfect

Ihave been sounding out sth
youhave been sounding out sth
he;she;ithas been sounding out sth
wehave been sounding out sth
youhave been sounding out sth
theyhave been sounding out sth

Past

Iwas sounding out sth
youwere sounding out sth
he;she;itwas sounding out sth
wewere sounding out sth
youwere sounding out sth
theywere sounding out sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been sounding out sth
youhad been sounding out sth
he;she;ithad been sounding out sth
wehad been sounding out sth
youhad been sounding out sth
theyhad been sounding out sth

Future

Iwill be sounding out sth
youwill be sounding out sth
he;she;itwill be sounding out sth
wewill be sounding out sth
youwill be sounding out sth
theywill be sounding out sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been sounding out sth
youwill have been sounding out sth
he;she;itwill have been sounding out sth
wewill have been sounding out sth
youwill have been sounding out sth
theywill have been sounding out sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be sounding out sth
youwould be sounding out sth
he;she;itwould be sounding out sth
wewould be sounding out sth
youwould be sounding out sth
theywould be sounding out sth

Perfect

Iwould have been sounding out sth
youwould have been sounding out sth
he;she;itwould have been sounding out sth
wewould have been sounding out sth
youwould have been sounding out sth
theywould have been sounding out sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'sound'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'sound'

bound, found, hound, mound, pound, round, stound, swound, wound, abound,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "noise," c.1280, soun, from O.Fr. son, from L. sonus "sound," from PIE *swonos, from base *swen- "to sound" (cf. Skt. svanati "it sounds," svanah "sound, tone;" L. sonare "to sound;" O.Ir. senim "the playing of an instrument;" O.E. geswin "music, song," swinsian "to sing;" O.N. svanr, O.E. swan "swan," prop. "the sounding bird"). The final -d was established c.1350-1550 as part of a tendency to add -d- after -n-. The verb is attested from c.1300, from L. sonare, from sonus. First record of sound barrier is from 1939. Soundtrack is from 1929; sound check is from 1977; sound effects is 1909, originally live accompaniments to silent films.
"The experts of Victor ... will ... arrange for the synchronized orchestration and sound effects for this picture, in which airplane battles will have an important part." ["Exhibitor's Herald & Moving Picture World," April 28, 1928]

2. * Noun: from Middle English sownde, alteration of soun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sun, soun, Old French son, from accusative of Latin sonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).
3. * Verb: from Middle English sownden, sounen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suner, sounder, Old French soner (modern sonner), from Latin sonō.
4. * The hypercorrect -d appears in the fifteenth century. (Compare dialectal drownd, gownd for the same development.)
5. Displaced native Middle English swei, from Old English swēġ, from Proto-Germanic *swōgiz. See: Anglo-Norman 'suner', Old French 'soner', Latin 'sonō'.

Verbs referencing "sound"

Ido sondar, Italian sondare, Sanskrit स्वनति.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] expressive features. She never seems to repine, but has all the buoyancy and gaiety of childhood. She is fond of fun and frolic, and when playing with the rest of the children, her shrill laugh sounds loudest of the group. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] hitherto, became more bold and striking. The wet ground reeked and smoked, after the heavy fall of rain, and the croaking of the frogs (whose noise in these parts is almost incredible ) sounded as though a million of fairy teams with bells were travelling through the air, and keeping pace with us. The night was cloudy yet, but moonlight too: and when we crossed the Susquehanna river—over [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the English officers in the pleasant barracks at that place (a class of gentlemen who had made every hour of our visit memorable by their hospitality and friendship ); and with ‘Rule Britannia ’ sounding in our ears, soon left it far behind. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • And now Rachel took Eliza's hand kindly, and led the way to the supper-table. As they were sitting down, a light tap sounded at the door, and Ruth entered. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • You sound like fuckin ' idiots ! Like I wouldn't know if I had 30 kilos of cocaine on the... (72 Hours)