ADV
- extremely, very
- fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably
- That seems like fairly sound advice
- structurally
- Is the building structurally sound?
PHRASES
- safe and sound (= not hurt)
- We arrived home safe and sound
ADV
- extremely, very
- absolutely, perfectly
- She had a perfectly sound reason for acting as she did
- fairly, pretty, reasonably
- basically, fundamentally
- commercially, ecologically, environmentally, financially, ideologically, theoretically
- It was a financially sound investment
ADJ
- big, deafening, loud, powerful
- We need a big powerful sound from the trumpets in the final passage
- audible
- faint, little, soft
- high
- deep, low
- clean, clear, sharp
- He produces a good clean sound on his flute
- piercing
- muffled
- amazing, beautiful, good, lovely, pleasing
- awful, horrible, sickening
- There was a sickening sound as his head made contact with the concrete
- familiar, strange
- distinctive
- haunting
- booming, buzzing, clanking, etc.
- metallic
- hollow
- distorted
- distant
- the distant sound of church bells
- guitar, piano, etc.
- She tried to describe what made a good guitar sound
- speech, vowel
- recorded
- mono, stereo
VERB + SOUND
- hear
- emit, make, produce, pronounce, transmit, utter
- What's making that awful creaking sound? Three bones transmit sounds to the inner ear. He didn't utter a single sound throughout the meeting
- turn down/up
- Can you turn the sound up?
SOUND + VERB
- carry, travel
- Sound carries well over calm water
- come
- A strange sound came from the box
- echo
- die away
SOUND + NOUN
- wave
- effect
- bite
- As a politician he is a master of the 30-second sound bite
- level, quality
- system
- a stereo sound system
- recording
- recorder
- engineer
PREP
- at the ~ of
- He turned around at the sound of footsteps behind him
- without a ~
- The door opened without a sound
- ~ of
- the sound of breaking glass
- ~ from
- There was a strange sound from downstairs
PHRASES
- the speed of sound 2 the sound from television/radio, etc.