sound – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sound

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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