sound out

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verb

1. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say 'zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
• Syn:
pronounce, articulate, enounce, enunciate, say
• Derivationally related forms:
enunciation (for: enunciate), articulative (for: articulate), articulatory (for: articulate), articulation (for: articulate), articulator (for: articulate), pronunciation (for: pronounce)
• Hyponyms:
twang, devoice, raise, lilt, palatalize,
palatalise, nasalize, nasalise, mispronounce, misspeak, aspirate,
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise, retroflex, subvocalize,
subvocalise, syllabize, syllabise, drawl, round, labialize,
labialise, lisp, stress, accent, accentuate, vowelize,
vowelize, click, trill, sibilate, flap,
explode, roll
• Entailment:
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
- I have to sound out the new professor
• Syn:
check out, feel out
• Hypernyms:
question, query
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody