Topic: MEDIA
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | son, from Latin sonus |
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sound1 S1 W1
1 [uncountable and countable] something that you hear, or what can be heard [= noise]: 
There were strange sounds coming from the next room.Light travels faster than sound. a vowel sound
There were strange sounds coming from the next room.Light travels faster than sound.a vowel sound not make a sound (=be completely quiet)
2 [uncountable]
a) TCBAMT the sound produced by a television or radio programme, a film etc : We apologize for the loss of sound during that report. a sound engineer
We apologize for the loss of sound during that report.a sound engineerb) AM the loudness of a television, radio, film etc [= volume]
3 [countable usually singular, uncountable] the particular quality that a singer's or group's music has : We're trying to develop a harder, funkier sound.
We're trying to develop a harder, funkier sound.4 judging from what you have heard or read about something : By the sound of it, things are worse than we thought.
by/from the sound of it/things
By the sound of it, things are worse than we thought.5 to feel worried by something that you have heard or read : 'There's been a slight change in our plans.' 'I don't like the sound of that.'
not like the sound of something
'There's been a slight change in our plans.' 'I don't like the sound of that.'6 songs or music that are on a record, CD, or tape : I need to buy some new sounds.
sounds
[plural] British English informalI need to buy some new sounds.7 [countable usually singular] a narrow area of water that connects two larger areas of water
