sound

/saʊnd/ verb

Translation

sound good/interesting/strange, etc › to seem good/interesting/strange, etc, from what you have heard or read

iyi/ilginç/acayip vb. görünmek/gibi gelmek

Your job sounds really interesting.1744

sound like/as if/as though › to seem like something, from what you have heard or read

sanki, güya

That sounds like a really good idea. I don't want to sound as if I'm trying to create extra problems.1744

sound angry/happy/rude, etc › to seem angry/happy/rude, etc when you speak

kızgın/mutlu/kaba görünmek/gibi gelmek

You don't sound too sure about it.1744

› [I, T] to make a noise

ses yapmak, ses çıkarmak

It looks and sounds like a real bird. If the alarm sounds, you must leave the building immediately.1092

(Definition of sound verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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