reverberate

English

Etymology

• From Latin verbero (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ).bɜː(ɹ).eɪt/

Verb

reverberate (third-person singular simple present reverberates, present participle reverberating, simple past and past participle reverberated)

1. (intransitive) to ring with many echos
2. (intransitive) to have a lasting effect
3. (intransitive) to repeatedly return
4. (intransitive) to rebound or recoil
5. (intransitive) to shine or reflect (from a surface, etc.)
6. (obsolete) to shine or glow (on something) with reflected light

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Related terms

• reverberation

Translations

to ring with many echos

Catalan: reverberar (ca)

to have a lasting effect

Catalan: reverberar (ca)

to repeatedly return

Catalan: reverberar (ca)

to rebound or recoil

to shire or reflect

obsolete: to shine or glow

Catalan: reverberar (ca)

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Greek: αντηχώ (el) (1)

Spanish reverberar (es)

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Latin

Participle

reverberāte

1. vocative masculine singular of reverberātus