New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: hound out · pound out · round out · sound post · count out · send out · sold out · sound off · stand out · sound bite

sound out

1 (v + adv) ask sb about views TRANSITIVEto sound sb out about sth a fháil amach cad a cheapann duine faoi rud, tuairim duine a fháil faoi rud, barúil duine a fháil faoi rudlet's sound out the staff on this issue faighimis tuairimí na foirne ar an gceist seo, téimis i gcomhairle leis an bhfoireann ar an gceist seo 2 (v + adv) ask about sth TRANSITIVEfaigh amach PhrV c m ufiosraigh verb c m usound out if he'd be willing to help us faigh amach an mbeadh sé toilteanach cabhrú linn 3 (v + adv) be heard clearly INTRANSITIVEbheith le cloisteáil VP c m usirens sounded out chualathas bonnáin á séideadh 4 (v + adv) especially ED pronounce INTRANSITIVE & TRANSITIVEfuaimnigh os ard → see sound

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he got a great sound out of the piano bhain sé fuaim iontach as an bpianó

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