Resonate Meaning
/ˈɹɛz.əˌneɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
verbTo have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.
Sentence Examples
I understand what you're saying intellectually, but it doesn't resonate with me emotionally.
The teachings of Mahatma Gandhi on non-violence and peace continue to resonate globally.
Some things resonate with me, while others don’t.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The tuning fork will ____ when struck because its natural frequency matches the sound wave.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The message seemed to ____ with voters across the political spectrum, winning support from unexpected quarters.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Italic *swonaō Latin sonō Latin resonōbor. English resonate Borrowed from Latin resonō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Because of Reddit's voting system, the visibility of content is dependent on how the content resonates with Redditors."
— 2013, Darin Jewell, Conrad Jones, Publish and Promote Your Ebook in a Day, page 140:
"“The control of women and babies has been a feature of every repressive regime on the planet,” wrote Margaret Atwood earlier this year, on why her 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale is resonating so forcefully in the age of Trump."
— 2018 January 7, Stephanie Merritt, “Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich review – fertile ground for dystopian nightmares”, in The Guardian:
"The Letters' account of Dolghurucki's hopeless entanglement in the politics of the imperial accession resonated with her readers, and Vigor's story becomes a minor set piece of Russian histories in the eighteenth century."
— 2018 June 30, Katrina O'Loughlin, Women, Writing, and Travel in the Eighteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 110:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The tuning fork will ____ when struck because its natural frequency matches the sound wave.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The message seemed to ____ with voters across the political spectrum, winning support from unexpected quarters.