sound system
Britishnoun
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any system of sounds, as in the speech of a language
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integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
Example Sentences
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The sound system is handled by an L-Acoustics L-ISA 250-speaker matrix suspended dynamically behind a specialized acoustic fabric wall, material that Anadol loves to let people touch gently to confirm its woven tensile character.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
You could walk through a grocery store, hear “Billie Jean” playing over the sound system, and shimmy your shoulders, feeling slightly less guilty than you might’ve during the aughts.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
Over bottles of red wine while Elliott Smith and Georgie Fame played from the restaurant’s sound system, the two discussed just how odd their restaurant’s fame had become.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026
Prokofiev’s Shakespeare-inspired music is excerpted and heard on a recording, sometimes harshly produced on the hall’s reverberant sound system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Before they made it off the dance floor, the room filled with a thundering beat that threatened to blow the rickety old sound system to pieces.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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