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sound

/saʊnd/ /saʊnd/
noun
  1. 1
    sescountable or uncountable

    Something that you can hear, or the vibrations in the air that you hear.

    • I heard a strange sound outside the window.
      Pencerenin dışında garip bir ses duydum.
    • In 1947 a pilot first flew faster than the speed of sound.
      1947'de bir pilot ilk kez ses hızından daha hızlı uçtu.
  2. 2
    ses düzeyi, (film/TV) sesiuncountable

    The loudness of a television, a radio or a film, or the sound that it plays.

    • Can you turn the sound down a bit?
      Sesi biraz kısar mısın?
    • The picture was good, but the sound was terrible.
      Görüntü iyiydi ama ses berbattı.
  3. 3
    tını, müzikal tarzcountable

    The particular quality of the music that a singer, a band or an instrument makes.

    • The band has developed a fresh new sound.
      Grup yepyeni bir müzikal tarz geliştirdi.
    • I love the warm sound of the old piano.
      Eski piyanonun sıcak tınısına bayılıyorum.
  4. 4
    izlenim, (duyulanlardan) anlaşılanuncountable

    The idea that you get of something from what you hear or read about it.

    • By the sound of it, you had a great holiday.
      Anlaşılan harika bir tatil geçirmişsin.
    • I don't like the sound of his new job.
      Yeni işi hakkında duyduklarım hiç hoşuma gitmiyor.
  5. 5
    boğaz, dar deniz kolucountable

    A long, narrow area of sea between two areas of land.

    • The ferry crosses the sound in about twenty minutes.
      Feribot boğazı yaklaşık yirmi dakikada geçiyor.
    • Small islands are scattered across the sound.
      Deniz kolunun her yanına küçük adalar serpilmiş.

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make a soundhear a sounda loud sounda strange soundthe sound of footstepsthe speed of soundbreak the sound barriersound effectssound qualityturn the sound downby the sound of itI don't like the sound of that

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