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sounding¹ Definition

sound·ing (-diŋ)

adjective

  1. making or giving forth sound
  2. resonant; sonorous
  3. high-sounding; bombastic

sounding² Definition

sound·ing (-diŋ)

noun

    1. the act of measuring the depth or examining the bottom of a body of water, etc. with or as with a weighted line
    2. depth so measured
    3. a place, usually less than 100 fathoms (c. 180 m) in depth, where a sounding line will touch bottom
    1. an examination of the atmosphere at or to a given height, as with a radiosonde
    2. a probe of space, as with a rocket
  3. measurements learned or data acquired by sounding
  4. an exploratory sampling, as of public opinion

sounding Synonyms

sounding

modif.

ringing, thudding, bumping, roaring, calling, thundering, booming, crashing, clattering, clinking, clanging, tinkling, whispering, pinging, rattling, rumbling, ticking, crying, clicking, reverberating, echoing, pattering, clucking, chirping, peeping, growling, grunting, bellowing, murmuring, soughing, whirring, splattering, screeching, screaming, squealing, making a noise, making a sound, making a racket, making a clatter, etc.; see also noisen. 1.

sounding Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • take: Morgan has taken 240 million soundings in the last four years.
  • make: Soundings made of this year's students reveal the majority of teaching to be covering material new to their experience.
  • have: Below 20m water depth a 1.5 degree beamformer will not have 2 soundings per 1m bin, even directly under the vessel.
  • know: One legend tells how he lured a Revenue cutter to its doom in a dangerous cove of which he alone knew the soundings.
  • get: We've got the sad sounding ' Lying In The Snow ' , another song of breath-taking beauty.

Adjective modifier

  • informal: The poll will take place once a shortlist has been compiled following informal soundings within the partnership.
  • confidential: The University of Glasgow's Center for Research into Law Reform also back the method of confidential soundings.
  • initial: The initial soundings had evidently revealed a considerable reluctance from her parents to give her such consent.
  • early: Early soundings taken in the pre-consultation period made it clear that, for many stakeholders, the current heritage protection systems were complex.
  • many: There will be many soundings per meter even at the swath edges, allowing full confidence checking and detection of features and shoalest points.
  • secret: Race and Equal Opportunities bodies say Secret Soundings are flawed.

Modifies a noun

exercise: The government's Your Say campaign also cost about £ 25,000, with Mr Prescott's soundings exercise estimated to have cost £ 4,000.

Noun used with modifier

  • depth: The geezer standing on the stem appears to be taking depth soundings or possibly dropping some form of anchor.
  • market: Market sounding brings learning into the public sector that is useful in a broader sense.
  • echo: Numerous echo soundings were taken which were of unusual character.
  • balloon: The combined analysis of surface measurements, balloon soundings, direct observations, weather maps, and satellite images completed the data base.

Preposition: from

  • line: Individual soundings from a dock wall Individual soundings from a survey line past pilings.
  • group: APIL took soundings from a specialist group already formed, and told the ABI that it would not recommend the scheme to its members.

Preposition: per

  • bin: Below 20m water depth a 1.5 degree beamformer will not have 2 soundings per 1m bin, even directly under the vessel.
  • meter: There will be many soundings per meter even at the swath edges, allowing full confidence checking and detection of features and shoalest points.