Oxford logo
Toggle navigation
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Sign in
Dictionaries
Dictionaries home
English
American English
Academic
Collocations
German-English
Grammar
Grammar home
Practical English Usage
Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta)
Word Lists
Word Lists home
My Word Lists
Topics
Recent additions
Resources
Resources home
Text Checker
Redeem
Upgrade
Help
TOP
American English
English
American English
Academic English
Collocations
Practical English Usage
German-English
English-German
English
American English
Enter search text
Definition of
sound adverb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
sound
adverb
adverb
NAmE
/
/
saʊnd
/
/
sound
asleep
jump to other results
very deeply asleep
See
sound
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Check pronunciation:
sound
Other results
All matches
sound
noun
sound
verb
sound
adjective
sound off
phrasal verb
sound out
phrasal verb
sound bite
noun
sound card
noun
sound wave
noun
sound check
noun
sound effect
noun
sound shift
noun
sound system
noun
sound engineer
noun
surround sound
noun
the sound barrier
noun
(as) sound as a bell
sound/strike a note (of something)
look/sound suspiciously like something
like, etc. the sound of your own voice
See more
Phrasal verbs
sound off
phrasal verb
sound out
phrasal verb
Idioms
(as) sound as a bell
sound/strike a note (of something)
look/sound suspiciously like something
like, etc. the sound of your own voice
Nearby words
sound
verb
sound
adjective
sound
adverb
soundalike
noun
the sound barrier
noun