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A n3 Mus, Mil the sounding of the retreat le signal de la retraite ; the sounding of the trumpets announced the Queen's arrival les trompettes annoncèrent l'arrivée de la reine.B - sounding (dans composés) a grand-sounding/English-sounding name un nom qui fait bien/qui fait anglais ; unlikely-sounding bizarre. -
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sounding ['saʊndɪŋ]1 noun(b) (of bell, horn) son m;∎ wait for the sounding of the alarm attendez le signal d'alarme ou que le signal d'alarme retentisse;∎ Military the sounding of the retreat le signal de la retraite(investigations) sondages mpl;∎ to take soundings faire des sondages(a) (over pulpit, rostrum) abat-voix m inv∎ she uses her assistants as a sounding board for any new ideas elle essaie toutes ses nouvelles idées sur ses assistantssounding lead (plomb m de) sonde f;sounding line sonde f -
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- sounding ['saʊndɪŋ]∎ a foreign-sounding name un nom à consonance étrangère;∎ high-sounding phrases des phrases fpl ronflantes ou grandiloquentes -
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1) ((a) measurement of depth of water etc.) sondage2) (a depth measured.) sondage3) ((an) act of trying to find out views etc.) sondage(s) -
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11 sounding board
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > sounding board
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12 sounding cone
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > sounding cone
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['saʊndɪŋbɔːd]noun fig personne f sur qui on peut tester ses idées -
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15 sounding of the atmosphere
English-French dictionary of Geography > sounding of the atmosphere
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17 sounding board
English-French architecture and construction dictionary > sounding board
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Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > high-sounding
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20 dead sounding
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > dead sounding
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Sounding — can refer to:*Determination of the depth of water usually in the sea. Originally using a weighted line called a lead line, more recently using **Echo sounding *Whale sounding, the act of diving by whales *an atmospheric sounding *various methods… … Wikipedia
Sounding — Sound ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sounding — sounding1 [soun′diŋ] adj. 1. making or giving forth sound 2. resonant; sonorous 3. high sounding; bombastic sounding2 [soun′diŋ] n. 1. a) the act of measuring the depth or examining the bottom of a body of water, etc. with or as with … English World dictionary
sounding — ► NOUN 1) the action of sounding the depth of water. 2) a measurement taken by sounding. 3) (soundings) information or evidence ascertained before taking action … English terms dictionary
Sounding — Sound ing, a. Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sounding — index resounding Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sounding — 1. n. 1 a the action or process of measuring the depth of water, now usu. by means of echo. b an instance of this (took a sounding). 2 (in pl.) a a region close to the shore of the right depth for sounding. b Naut. measurements taken by sounding … Useful english dictionary
-sounding — [[t] saʊndɪŋ[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED sounding combines with adjectives to indicate a quality that a word, phrase, or name seems to have. → See also high sounding Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive sounding phrases.… … English dictionary
Sounding — Sound Sound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sounding}.] [F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line (see {Sound} a narrow passage of water).] 1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sounding — 1. noun /ˈsaʊndɪŋ,ˈsoʊndɪŋ/ a) The action of the verb to sound The sounding of the bells woke me from sleep b) Testing with a probe The sailor took a sounding every five minutes 2. adjective /ˈsaʊndɪŋ,ˈsoʊndɪŋ/ Emitting a sound … Wiktionary
sounding — sounding1 noun 1》 the action of sounding the depth of water. ↘a measurement taken by sounding. ↘the determination of any physical property at a depth in the sea or at a height in the atmosphere. 2》 (soundings) information or evidence… … English new terms dictionary