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reverberate

[ verb ri-vur-buh-reyt; adjective ri-vur-ber-it ]

verb (used without object)

reverberated, reverberating.
  1. to reecho or resound:

    Her singing reverberated through the house.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. Physics. to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space.
  3. to rebound or recoil.
  4. to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.


verb (used with object)

reverberated, reverberating.
  1. to echo back or reecho (sound).
  2. to cast back or reflect (light, heat, etc.).
  3. to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.

adjective

reverberate

/ ɪˈɜːəˌɪ /

verb

  1. intr to resound or re-echo

    the explosion reverberated through the castle

  2. to reflect or be reflected many times
  3. intr to rebound or recoil
  4. intr (of the flame or heat in a reverberatory furnace) to be deflected onto the metal or ore on the hearth
  5. tr to heat, melt, or refine (a metal or ore) in a reverberatory furnace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 𱹱ˈپDz, noun
  • ˈԳ, adjective
  • ˈԳly, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ····پ [ri-, vur, -b, uh, -rey-tiv, -ber-, uh, -], adjective
  • ·b·tǰ noun
  • ܲr·b·e adjective
  • ܲr·b·iԲ adjective
  • ܲr·b·t adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reverberate1

First recorded in 1540–50, reverberate is from the Latin word 𱹱ٳܲ (past participle of 𱹱 to strike back). See reverberant, -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reverberate1

C16: from Latin 𱹱 to strike back, from re- + to beat, from verber a lash
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Jacksonville Jaguars: DT Mason Graham, Michigan — New GM James Gladstone, who came from the Rams, knows well how building a rock-solid defensive line can reverberate throughout the team.

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But when the movie reaches an admirable capacity with its ideas about parenthood, authoritarianism, mortality and connection, it falters in bringing everything to the reverberating conclusion its discomfiting first two-thirds merits.

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We also know that such a crash wouldn’t reverberate through Wall Street, in part because such a crash has already happened.

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It was not until they were cruising in the air that she noticed a loud noise reverberating from one of the plane's engines.

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Given the anxiety reverberating among Canadians, Mr Lyle says that any ambiguity about Carney's loyalty to the country could yet be damaging for him and the Liberals.

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