sound system
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3.5
- noun
- /saʊnd ˈsɪstəm/
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sistema de sonido
- The DJ set up a powerful sound system for the concert, ensuring everyone could hear the music clearly.
- a good sound system
- a new sound system
And it's partly because my TV is connected to the best sound system I've got.
- And it's partly because my TV is connected to the best sound system I've got.
- It felt like a glitch, like it actually felt like, did the sound system break?
- Well, Simon was playing on a citronic sound system in this little place in Hillingdon called Hiccups, my mate Phil.
- So most sound systems are mono so that people can hear everything that they've paid to hear.
- Well, I rock up and, you know, sometimes the sound systems weren't that great.
- OK, One last thing, when you're testing out a sound system or historically, what do you put on?
Examples
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Saturday night at the Knife and Gun Club: the joint is hopping, the sound system blaring.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's got four-wheel drive, dual side airbags, and a monster sound system.
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Oh, my God, the sound system itself was also very bad.
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A quality sound system is a good investment if your department does not own one.
Academic text (2003) -
You know I'm in charge of the sound system tonight.
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A mate of mine's got a new sound system.
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I've told you this, it is the best sound system out there.
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Rock music from the seventies and eighties was playing on an expensive sound system.
Fiction book (1995) -
Using a good sound system and headphones will prove invaluable in this endeavor.
Academic text (1999) -
Along one wall was a cabinet that Kathryn guessed would contain a television and a sound system.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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2.8
A set of electronic equipment that plays recorded music through two speakers
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2.8
A set of loud electronic speakers that plays announcements in public places
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3.3
A system with microphones and speakers that makes announcements loud in public places
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2.7
A set of machines that make music or speech louder for a room
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3.4
Electronic devices used to play, record, or make sound louder
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3.6
A set of speakers and parts that makes sound louder so people hear it far away
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3.9
Equipment that produces music with very clear, accurate sound
An audio system that plays sound very clearly with little distortion
Equipment with two or more speakers that makes sound seem to come from different places
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Morphology
The meaning 'a set of equipment for producing or reproducing sound' is directly and literally derivable from combining 'sound' (auditory phenomenon) with 'system' (a collection of interacting components). This noun+noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Sound system comes from a simple picture: when a microphone, mixer and speakers all work together to make loud, clear sound, they form a system. That's why sound system means 'a set of electronic equipment used to record, amplify, or play sound'.