reverberate
Americanverb (used without object)
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to reecho or resound.
Her singing reverberated through the house.
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Physics. to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space.
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to rebound or recoil.
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to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.
verb (used with object)
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to echo back or reecho (sound).
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to cast back or reflect (light, heat, etc.).
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to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.
adjective
verb
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(intr) to resound or re-echo
the explosion reverberated through the castle
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to reflect or be reflected many times
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(intr) to rebound or recoil
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(intr) (of the flame or heat in a reverberatory furnace) to be deflected onto the metal or ore on the hearth
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(tr) to heat, melt, or refine (a metal or ore) in a reverberatory furnace
Other Word Forms
- reverberant adjective
- reverberantly adverb
- reverberation noun
- reverberative adjective
- reverberator noun
- unreverberated adjective
- unreverberating adjective
- unreverberative adjective
Etymology
Origin of reverberate
First recorded in 1540–50, reverberate is from the Latin word reverberātus (past participle of reverberāre to strike back). See reverberant, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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And the sound of today’s GDP reading will reverberate well into the new trading year.
From Barron's
And the sound of today’s GDP reading will reverberate well into the new trading year.
From Barron's
Jonah’s ears were reverberating with all that lung power released in such a small space.
From Literature
At that exact same moment, there was a terrifying roar that shook the metal building and reverberated inside Chase’s chest and all the way down to his toes.
From Literature
The shock from her win last year reverberated through the country-music establishment, with a mix of celebration and confusion as to what her historic achievement would mean for the genre.
From BBC
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