redound
To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or somethingTo contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
Meaning
8 senses(intransitive)To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
contribute
(intransitive)To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
(intransitive)To reverberate, to echo.
(transitive)To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
(intransitive)To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).
His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.
zurückfallen, einholen
(intransitive)To arise from or out of something.
(intransitive, usually)To roll back; to be sent or driven back.
(intransitive, obsolete)To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).
zu etw. führen, zu etw. beitragen
приводи́ть кprivodítʹ k, спосо́бствоватьsposóbstvovatʹ
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, fromFrom Anglo-Norman redunder, Middle French redonder, and their source, Latin redundō, from red- + undō (“surge”), from unda (“a wave”).
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Forms
redounds, redounding, redounded, redoundedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle