to sound out

listen to the pronunciation of to sound out
Englisch - Türkisch
ağzını aramak
(deyim) sound someone out(on/about sth. ) ağzını aramak,ne düşündüğünü anlamaya çalışmak
Englisch - Englisch
To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks

You'll have to ask them—sound them out.

To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence
To speak or sing loudly, to call out

Sound out, voices of young men! loudly and musically call me by my nighest name!.

try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor"
If you sound someone out, you question them in order to find out what their opinion is about something. He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict Sound him out gradually. Make sure it is what he really wants
ask someone's opinion on an issue; pronounce an unfamiliar word by slowly uttering the sounds of each letter and assembling them into a word (for children who are learning to read)
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
to sound out
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