reverberate
To cause to be bounced against one or more surfacesTo cause (a sound) to be (repeatedly) bounced against one or more surfaces; to re-echo.
» Yanni heard the voice reverberate through the woods.
Meaning
21 senses(transitive)To cause (a sound) to be (repeatedly) bounced against one or more surfaces; to re-echo.
nachdröhnen, nachhallen, nachklingen
раздава́тьсяrazdavátʹsja
ring or echo with sound
(transitive)Followed by on (to): to deflect or divert (flames, heat, etc.) on to something.
Flame is reverberated in a furnace.
(transitive)To repeatedly reflect (heat, light, or other radiation).
be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves
(intransitive)Of sound: to (repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces; to echo or re-echo, to resound.
(intransitive)Chiefly followed by to or with: of a place or thing: to ring or vibrate with many echoing sounds; to re-echo, to resound.
(intransitive)Often followed by from: of heat or (less commonly) light: to be (repeatedly) reflected.
(figuratively, intransitive)Of information, news, etc.: to be spread widely through repetition.
(figuratively, intransitive)Of a thing: to have lasting and often significant effects.
(intransitive, rare)Of a thing: to be heated by having flames, hot gases, etc., deflected or passed over it.
(archaic, transitive)To heat (something) by deflecting flames on to, or passing flames over, it.
(obsolete, transitive)To drive, force, or push (someone or something) back; to repel, to repulse.
(obsolete, transitive)To send (something) back from where it came.
Examples
5 sentencesYanni heard the voice reverberate through the woods.
A good conversation is like music: it reverberates in our soul.
deEin gutes Gespräch ist wie Musik: Es klingt nach in unserer Seele.
The loud sounds of sawing, drilling and scraping reverberate around the room.
Right nearby reverberated a loud snapping of leather and a cry for help.
The sound of the bumblebee's wings reverberated in the room, intensifying Anna's fear.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin reverberātus, perfect passive participle of reverberō (“to rebound; toBorrowed from Latin reverberātus, perfect passive participle of reverberō (“to rebound; to reflect; to repel”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), whence Middle French reverberer (French réverbérer) and Middle English reverberen (“to send back”)), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) and verberō (“to beat; to lash, whip”) (from verber (“rod; lash, whip”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).
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Forms
reverberates, reverberating, reverberated, reverberated| Base form | reverberate · to reverberate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | reverberates |
| Present participle | reverberating |
| Past simple | reverberated |
| Past participle | reverberated |
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Synonyms
12 synonymsWord family
11 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