Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To drive or beat back.

  2. (broadly, transitive)To reflect; to reverberate.

More definitions
  • cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect

Origin

From Latin repercusus, past participle of repercutere (“to drive back”), from re- (“re-”)

From Latin repercusus, past participle of repercutere (“to drive back”), from re- (“re-”) + percutere. See percussion.

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Forms

repercusses, repercussing, repercussed, repercussed
Base formrepercuss · to repercuss
3rd person singularrepercusses
Present participlerepercussing
Past simplerepercussed
Past participlerepercussed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrepercuss
he, she, itrepercusses

Past simpleLesson

all personsrepercussed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave repercussed
he, she, ithas repercussed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill repercuss

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrepercussion

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
repellentrepentrepentancerepercussionrepertoireB2repetitionB2
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