sounding¹ Definition
sound·ing (-diŋ)
adjective
- making or giving forth sound
- resonant; sonorous
- high-sounding; bombastic
sounding² Definition
sound·ing (-diŋ)
noun
- the act of measuring the depth or examining the bottom of a body of water, etc. with or as with a weighted line
- depth so measured
- a place, usually less than 100 fathoms (c. 180 m) in depth, where a sounding line will touch bottom
- an examination of the atmosphere at or to a given height, as with a radiosonde
- a probe of space, as with a rocket
- measurements learned or data acquired by sounding
- an exploratory sampling, as of public opinion
sounding Synonyms
sounding
modif.
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
Browse dictionary entries near sounding
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