resound

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈzaʊnd/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To produce a loud, deep, or echoing sound.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Of a place: to cause (a sound) to reverberate; to echo.

Examples

  • Her powerful voice made the old cathedral resound with music.

  • His words continued to resound in my mind long after the talk.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˌɹiːˈsaʊnd/
  • /ɹi-/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.

  2. To make (sounds), or to speak (words), loudly or reverberatingly.

  3. To repeat (another's words, opinions, etc.).

More examples

In context

  • The loud and grand music seemed to resound through the hall.

  • The sound of the brass band resounded through the town.

  • The street resounded with the noise of the children’s game.

Synonyms

Quick test

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The applause from the audience will blank through the large concert hall after the performance.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From both of the following: * From Late Middle English resounen (“to return with an echo, resound; to make a sound, to sound; of speech or writing: to announce a theme”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman resoner, resouner [and other forms], Middle French resoner, and Old French resoner (“to make a (deep or echoing) sound; of sounds: to echo; to ring; of one’s name or actions: to be frequently recounted; of a place: to re-echo or ring with sound”) (modern French résonner), from Latin resonāre, the present active infinitive of resonō (“to ring or sound again, re-echo, resound; to call repeatedly; to give back the sound of (something), re-echo or resound (something)”), from re- (prefix mean...