resound
Americanverb (used without object)
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to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
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to make an echoing sound, or sound loudly, as a metallic object.
A gong resounded.
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to ring or be echoed, as sounds.
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to be celebrated or notably important.
His name resounds in the pages of history.
verb (used with object)
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to reecho (a sound).
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to give forth or utter loudly.
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to proclaim loudly (praise, disapproval, etc.).
verb
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to ring or echo with sound; reverberate
the hall resounded with laughter
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to make a prolonged echoing noise
the trumpet resounded
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(of sounds) to echo or ring
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to be widely famous
his achievements resounded throughout India
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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resoundsimple
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resoundssimple
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have resoundedperfect
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has resoundedperfect
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am resoundingprogressive
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are resoundingprogressive
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is resoundingprogressive
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have been resoundingperfect progressive
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has been resoundingperfect progressive
Past
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resoundedsimple
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had resoundedperfect
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was resoundingprogressive
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were resoundingprogressive
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had been resoundingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of resound
1350–1400; Middle English resounen < Middle French resoner < Latin resonāre, equivalent to re- re- + sonāre to sound 1
Explanation
To resound is to echo with sounds, usually loudly. When you sing in the shower, your voice resounds. If you remember that re means again, then resounding makes a lot of sense: it's what happens when a sound rings out or echoes. A loud, booming voice is more likely to resound than a little whisper. If you stand on a building, yell your name, and then hear it again, it resounded. Resounding is also called echoing, ringing, and reverberating. If you've ever heard a ring announcer, the microphone helps his or her voice resound to the crowd.
Vocabulary lists containing resound
Power Prefix: re-
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Common Senses: Son ("Sound")
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But as “Buzz Me In” so powerfully reminds us, the music created at the Record Plant will resound for as long as human beings love music.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2025
Veterans issues resound in Montana, which has the second-highest percentage of veterans in the U.S. among the adult civilian population, according to the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
Nearby, excavators resound as they demolish some of the 80-90% of buildings estimated to have suffered quake damage.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
Afeni Shakur’s voice would plant the seed for her son’s voice and his music, which cried out against injustice with lyrics that still resound worldwide.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
He could hear the bell resound through the whole house.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
The gloriously confident Eden and the tormented Don seek clashing versions of artistic success, and when both eventually arrive there, the clash resounds and lingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
“The prose is magnificent, mature and breathtakingly precise, and the collection resounds with a sensitivity and wisdom rarely seen in a debut,” noted the judges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Part persuasive plea, part scathing screed, its clarion call for justice resounds through the centuries.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
In the play, he spars with a double for Vladimir Putin sent to taunt him, debates history with the ghost of Rasputin and ducks for cover every time an earsplitting bombing raid resounds.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
The entire landscape resounds with Christ’s agitation, represented by the sweep of supernatural forces.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Applause resounded once more as the spacecraft successfully deployed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Its pronouncement that “all men are created equal” was an idea that resounded around the world even as its promise remained unfulfilled at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
It was a message that resounded with many voters.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
Then in 2020, an international commission report that brought together expert views resounded the same call for societal discussions about whether germline editing could be ethical.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2024
To the billiard-room I hastened: the click of balls and the hum of voices resounded thence; Mr. Rochester, Miss Ingram, the two Misses Eshton, and their admirers, were all busied in the game.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
“Ten to 2 is a pretty resounding indication of what the jury felt about this case,” he said, “and we felt that way from the very beginning.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Andy Burnham is expected to seek the Labour leadership after his resounding victory in the Makerfield by-election.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The letters of intent inked last month for IBM, D-Wave, and other quantum businesses are a resounding endorsement of a technology once dismissed as highly speculative.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
The mostly likely answer to each of these questions is a resounding “no.”
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Nanuq and Boomer put their ears back, stood on their hind legs, and slammed into each other with a resounding thump.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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