reverberate
reverberate
Definition
re·ver·ber·ate (-bə rāt′; for adj., -bə rit)
transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
- to cause (a sound) to reecho
- to reflect (light, etc.)
- to deflect (heat, flame, etc.), as in a reverberatory furnace
- to subject to treatment in a reverberatory furnace or the like
Etymology: < L reverberatus, pp. of reverberare, to beat back, repel < re-, again + verberare, to beat < verber, a lash, whip, akin to verbena
intransitive verb
- to reecho or resound
- to be reflected, as light or sound waves
- to be deflected, as heat or flame in a reverberatory furnace
- to recoil; rebound
- to have repercussions, as an event or action [a governmental decision reverberating throughout the entire economy]
adjective
Rare reverberated
reverberate
Synonyms
reverberate
Usage Examples
Object
- sound: With this driver loaded, you will get non-stop reverberating wav sound in Windows 95.
- voice: A staccato metallic voice reverberated about the room like a marble in a tin can.
- round: The noise which accompanied the flap of the netting behind him must still be reverberating round Ray Clemence's head today.
- noise: Channels and channels of harsh, grating white noise reverberated through his aching head like a monkey high on coffee.
- today: They explain how the most familiar myths surrounding the queen developed from the concerns of her contemporaries and continue to reverberate today.
- echo: The reverberating echoes had not ceased when a clap as of the loudest thunder seemed to burst their ears.
Preposition: through
- house: Spike's ringing tones were only covered by the toll of the front door bell, reverberating through the house.
Preposition: around
- room: With thoughts of daytime TV reverberating around the room, it's time to draw the interview to a close.
Modifying Another Word
- still: In a scandal that is still reverberating more than 30 years later, 19 of the 20 stories were wiped, apparently by accident.
- far: Such a development would reverberate far beyond Britain itself.
- loudly: The comments by Senator Warner, a senior Republican who is a staunch supporter of the president, have reverberated loudly across Congress.
- back: The movement of Middle Eastern dance into the West has provided a powerful creative environment that reverberates back to the Middle East.
- then: Words shatter on the edge of meaning, then reverberate into space.
- also: In addition to the open air venues the churches, theaters and galleries also reverberated with the Sound of Oundle.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: Modern computers are too often far from silent, with fan and disk noise reverberating around your desk.
Followed by a transitive particle
- around: Little ripples appeared in her coffee with the thumping reverberating around the building.
- down: It's nearly thirty years since Survivors was first broadcast and its impact on popular culture and genre still reverberates down the years.
- off: A curtain of rain appears just in front of me, the noise reverberating off the glass walls.
Preposition: in
- mind: White Star Magic will undoubtedly reverberate in the mind the following day, with that longed for morning after feeling.
Preposition: with
- sound: In addition to the open air venues the churches, theaters and galleries also reverberated with the Sound of Oundle.
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