SOUNDINGS

Meaning of SOUNDINGS in English

[plural] [noun]They took soundings (= measured the depth of water) and found that the water was 120 feet deep.(figurative) Can you make/take some discreet soundings (= ask questions) to see what her future plans are?

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

SOUNDINGS — n. area of water that is shallow enough to be measured with a hand sounding line; measurements obtained by sounding …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOUNDINGS — ~ archaic coastal waters shallow enough for the seabed to be reached with a sounding line. → sounding ———————— ~ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOUNDINGS — sound ‧ ings /ˈsaʊndɪŋz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] 1 . careful or secret questions that you ask someone to find …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOUNDINGS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB take ▪ Mr Major had been taking private soundings about such a move before …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOUNDINGS — Звучащие
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOUNDINGS — глубина моря измеренная глубина глубины взятые или нанесенные на карту)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
SOUNDINGS — глубины [c gray](взятые или нанесенные на карту) - density of soundings - line of soundings - reduce soundings - strike …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
SOUNDINGS — Звучащие
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOUNDINGS — мелководье
Англо-Русский словарь
ON SOUNDINGS — phrasal see in soundings
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT OF SOUNDINGS — phrasal or off soundings : in water too deep to be fathomed by a hand sounding line
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN SOUNDINGS — phrasal or on soundings : in water not too deep to be fathomed by a hand sounding line : near …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOUNDING — I. ˈsau̇ndiŋ, -dēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of sounden to sound (measure depths) — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEEP-SEA — (a.) Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to …
Английский словарь Webster
DEEP-SEA — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUNDING — sounding 1 — soundingly , adv. — soundingness , n. /sown"ding/ , adj. 1. emitting or producing a sound or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHAIN — — chainless , adj. — chainlike , adj. /chayn/ , n. 1. a series of objects connected one after the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEEP-SEA — adj of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (·i.e., a line to take …
Webster English vocab
MAP — graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of featuresusually geographical, geological, or geopoliticalof an area of …
Britannica English vocabulary
OCEAN BASINS — Ocean basins Figure 7: Major features of the ocean basins. The first major undersea survey was undertaken during the 1870s, …
Britannica English vocabulary
DINES, WILLIAM HENRY — born , Aug. 5, 1855, London, Eng. died Dec. 24, 1927, Benson, Oxfordshire British meteorologist who invented instruments to measure …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOUNDING — / ˈsaʊndɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. soundings [ pl. ] careful questions that are asked in order to find out …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOUNDING — ( soundings) 1. The sounding of a bell or a horn is the act of causing it to make a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UNDER WAY — Synonyms and related words : accepted, accidental, accompanying, ado, afloat, afoot, assumed, astir, at sea, brewing, chanced, circumstantial, current, doing, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEAWARD — Synonyms and related words : anticlockwise, clockwise, counterclockwise, earthward, heavenward, homeward, in blue water, landward, leeward, leftward, oceanward, oceanwards, off, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFF
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOMEWARD BOUND — Synonyms and related words : approaching, arriving, at sea, coming, entering, homeward, homeward-bound, in blue water, in soundings, inbound, incoming, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AT SEA — Synonyms and related words : abashed, abroad, adrift, afloat, astray, bewildered, bothered, by sea, by water, clueless, confused, discomposed, disconcerted, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOUNDING — _I 1. ʹsaʋndıŋ n 1. звучание; звук; звон 2. произнесение; произношение 3. сигнал ( тревоги ) 2. ʹsaʋndıŋ a 1. …
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Cambridge English vocab

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