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sound out

Definitions

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  • verb transitive To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.
  • verb transitive To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence.
  • verb intransitive To speak or sing loudly, to call out.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
  • verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. check out
  2. feel out
  3. to

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. query
  2. question

hyponyms (36)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. accent
  2. accentuate
  3. aspirate
  4. click
  5. devoice
  6. drawl
  7. explode
  8. flap
  9. labialise
  10. labialize
  11. lilt
  12. lisp
  13. mispronounce
  14. misspeak
  15. nasalise
  16. nasalize
  17. palatalise
  18. palatalize
  19. raise
  20. retroflex
  21. roll
  22. round
  23. sibilate
  24. sound
  25. stress
  26. subvocalise
  27. subvocalize
  28. syllabise
  29. syllabize
  30. trill
  31. twang
  32. vocalise
  33. vocalize
  34. voice
  35. vowelise
  36. vowelize

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