sound
- adjective
- /saʊnd/
- The advice she gave was sound and well thought out.
- a sound policy
- sound principles
- a sound basis
Which is why I believe in smart sound science backed supplementation.
- Which is why I believe in smart sound science backed supplementation.
- We should do that based on science and on sound and thoroughly collected evidence.
- Follow my logic and if it's sound, then fantastic.
- And that is not a good, sound strategy to me.
- These three points, unjustified, immoral, and fantastical, warrant a sound rejection of the proposition.
- Oh, already at this point, you're no longer following sound reason or healthy reason.
- This is not a situation of sound science.
- And I think it's a, it was a good sound principle to follow.
- I think the American election system is fundamentally sound and reliable.
Examples
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Our results provide a sound scientific foundation from which to design future studies.
Academic text (2012) -
Our basic plan is sound.
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Thank you for your report and your always sound leadership.
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I think it's a very sound theory.
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But I do believe my research program is sound.
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Despite all the perfectly sound reasons not to jump, I had decided to do so.
Academic text (2011) -
We should do that based on science and on sound and thoroughly collected evidence.
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No, the protocol, in theory, is sound.
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Analysis of the data indicates that student teachers had a sound understanding of the program's conceptual framework and expectations.
Academic text (2008) -
Your logic is sound.
Synonyms
Based on careful thought and clear thinking
Having good reasons or evidence that support the idea
Sleeping very deeply without waking easily
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To keep saying the same complaint again and again until people get annoyed
To enjoy hearing yourself speak while not listening to others
Compounds
- Literature
A short part of a recorded statement on radio or television, often by a politician
- Specialized
A pattern of vibrations that moves through air, water, or solids and carries sound
- Specialized
The point near the speed of sound when a plane feels a sudden push and strong vibration
A large bay of the Pacific Ocean in northwest Washington State with many connected waterways and islands
A stretch of water between Long Island and Connecticut on the US Atlantic coast
A way of thinking or arguing that uses good reasons and evidence to show something is true
- Specialized
An opening in the top of an instrument with strings, like a guitar, that makes its sound louder
- Specialized
An audio system that plays sound very clearly with little distortion
- Specialized
The loudness of the high and low parts of a sound, for example a violin or flute
- Specialized
A set of letters that show speech sounds like the International Phonetic Alphabet
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A device that makes pictures showing where sounds come from and how loud they are
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A device that makes voices or music sound fuller by copying the original sound
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A method of finding where a sound comes from by measuring how long it takes to reach microphones
How Reliable
- Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sound (adjective, 'valid' or 'reliable') comes from the same old root sund meaning 'whole', so a sound argument or plan is one that is complete and trustworthy.