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resonate

[rez-uh-neyt]

verb (used without object)

resonated, resonating 
  1. to resound.

  2. to act as a resonator; exhibit resonance.

  3. Electronics.,  to reinforce oscillations because the natural frequency of the device is the same as the frequency of the source.

  4. to amplify vocal sound by the sympathetic vibration of air in certain cavities and bony structures.

  5. to produce a positive feeling, emotional response, or opinion.

    an issue that clearly resonates with members of our community; a poem that resonates for me.



verb (used with object)

resonated, resonating 
  1. to cause to resound.

resonate

/ ˈrɛzəˌneɪt /

verb

  1. to resound or cause to resound; reverberate

  2. (of a mechanical system, electrical circuit, chemical compound, etc) to exhibit or cause to exhibit resonance

  3. to be understood or receive a sympathetic response

    themes which will resonate with voters

  4. to be filled with

    simple words that seem to resonate with mystery and beauty

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Other Word Forms

  • resonation noun
  • unresonating adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of resonate1

First recorded in 1870–75; from Latin resonātus “sounded again,” past participle of resonāre “to sound again”; resound
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Word History and Origins

Origin of resonate1

C19: from Latin resonāre
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Example Sentences

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The crisis could resonate beyond Corpus Christi, a city that is the eighth largest in Texas, by population, and sits just 150 miles from the Mexico border.

The award resonated with many in Florida — home to the largest Venezuelan population in the United States — where both Republican and Democratic leaders praised Machado.

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That line resonated deeply within David, he told me, “because it’s the reality that I live. I’m a Black man in America.”

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That, she explained, is why she’s glad to have such a deep catalog — if one album doesn’t resonate now, it might later, when you’re living through something else.

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Not surprisingly, the star almost makes the movie’s suffocating gloom resonate.

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