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reverberate Definition

re·ver·ber·ate (-bə rāt′; for adj., -bə rit)

transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing

  1. to cause (a sound) to reecho
    1. to reflect (light, etc.)
    2. to deflect (heat, flame, etc.), as in a reverberatory furnace
  3. 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

  1. to reecho or resound
    1. to be reflected, as light or sound waves
    2. to be deflected, as heat or flame in a reverberatory furnace
  3. to recoil; rebound
  4. to have repercussions, as an event or action [a governmental decision reverberating throughout the entire economy]

adjective

Rare reverberated

reverberate Synonyms

reverberate

v.

resound, echo, reflect; see reflect 2, sound 1.

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.