sound
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
How often you will meet it
Rank 455 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 45,169 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.021% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause the sound of rain on the roofthe beautiful sound of music
- the subjective sensation of hearing something also: auditory sensation he strained to hear the faint sounds
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event the sound awakened them
- the audible part of a transmitted signal also: audio they always raise the audio for commercials
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language also: phone, speech sound
sound in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The sound of voices below answered for her.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Hark, I thought I heard a sound of mighty wings!
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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At the sound of her new name Christian started, and she, too, turned scarlet.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Half-conscious of the sound the boy's father read near it, when another sound made his pulse jump.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I dreamed I had one last night, and I intended to ask you at breakfast, but I was sound asleep.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1