sound – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sound

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

yousound sb out
weLet's sound sb out
yousound sb out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)