resound

[ ri-zound ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to echo or ring with sound, as a place.

  2. to make an echoing sound, or sound loudly, as a metallic object: A gong resounded.

  1. to ring or be echoed, as sounds.

  2. to be celebrated or notably important: His name resounds in the pages of history.

verb (used with object)
  1. to reecho (a sound).

  2. to give forth or utter loudly.

  1. to proclaim loudly (praise, disapproval, etc.).

Origin of resound

1
1350–1400; Middle English resounen<Middle French resoner<Latin resonāre, equivalent to re-re- + sonāre to sound1

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Other definitions for re-sound (2 of 2)

re-sound
[ ree-sound ]

verb (used with or without object)
  1. to sound again.

Origin of re-sound

2
First recorded in 1895–1900; re- + sound1

Words that may be confused with re-sound

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How to use resound in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for resound (1 of 2)

resound

/ (rɪˈzaʊnd) /


verb(intr)
  1. to ring or echo with sound; reverberate: the hall resounded with laughter

  2. to make a prolonged echoing noise: the trumpet resounded

  1. (of sounds) to echo or ring

  2. to be widely famous: his achievements resounded throughout India

Origin of resound

1
C14: from Old French resoner, from Latin resonāre to sound again

British Dictionary definitions for re-sound (2 of 2)

re-sound

/ (riːˈsaʊnd) /


verb
  1. to sound or cause to sound again

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