English > sound out: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Example | "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" |
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| Synonyms | pronounce, articulate, enounce, enunciate, say |
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| Entails | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
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| Narrower | aspirate | pronounce with aspiration |
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| click | produce a click |
| devoice | Utter with tense vocal chords |
| drawl | lengthen and slow down or draw out |
| explode | Cause to burst as a result of air pressure |
| flap | pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds |
| lilt | articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way |
| lisp | speak with a lisp |
| mispronounce, misspeak | pronounce a word incorrectly |
| nasalize, nasalise | pronounce with a lowered velum |
| nasalize, nasalise | speak nasally or through the nose |
| palatalize, palatalise | pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate |
| raise | pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth |
| retroflex | articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate |
| roll | pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ |
| round, labialize, labialise | pronounce with rounded lips |
| sibilate | pronounce with an initial sibilant |
| stress, accent, accentuate | put stress on |
| subvocalize, subvocalise | articulate without making audible sounds |
| syllabize, syllabise | Utter with distinct articulation of each syllable |
| trill | pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme 'r' |
| twang | pronounce with a nasal twang |
| vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise | pronounce as a vowel |
| voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise | Utter with vibrating vocal chords |
| Spanish | articular, decir, declarar, hablar, pronunciar, sentenciar |
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| Catalan | articular, declarar, parlar, pronunciar, sentenciar |
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