resonate

English

Etymology

From Latin resonō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.əˌneɪt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹez.əˌnæɪt/
• Hyphenation: res‧o‧nate

Verb

resonate (third-person singular simple present resonates, present participle resonating, simple past and past participle resonated)

1. To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.

   The books on top of the piano resonate when he plays certain notes.

2. (figurative) To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.

   His words resonated with the crowd.

   • 2018 January 7, Stephanie Merritt, “Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich review – fertile ground for dystopian nightmares”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     “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.

Derived terms

• resonator

Translations

to vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration

• Bulgarian: резонирам (bg) (rezoniram)
• Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: resoneren (nl)
• Finnish: värähdellä (fi), värähdellä mukana, resonoida (fi)
• French: résonner (fr)
• German: schwingen (de), mitschwingen (de), nachhallen (de)
• Irish: athshon
• Italian: risuonare (it)
• Macedonian: резони́ра (rezoníra)
• Maori: tōiri, tōiriiri
• Portuguese: ressoar (pt)
• Romanian: răsuna (ro)
• Russian: резони́ровать (ru) impf (rezonírovatʹ)
• Spanish: resonar (es)
• Ukrainian: резонува́ти impf (rezonuváty)
• Vietnamese: cộng hưởng

to have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support

• Finnish: vaikuttaa (fi), saada vastakaikua, saada kannatusta
• German: einen Widerhall finden
• Indonesian: melekat (id)
• Italian: accordarsi (it), concordare (it)

See also

• resonance

Anagrams

• Senatore, earstone, onerates, stearone

Latin

Verb

resonāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of resonō

Spanish

Verb

resonate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of resonar combined with te