sound – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sound

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)