"reverberate" meaning in English

See reverberate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ).bəɹ.eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-reverberate.wav [US] Forms: more reverberate [comparative], most reverberate [superlative]
Etymology: * From Latin reverberātus, past participle of reverberō (“to rebound”), from re- and verberō (“to beat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|reverberātus}} Latin reverberātus, {{m|la|reverberō|t=to rebound}} reverberō (“to rebound”), {{m|la|re-}} re-, {{m|la|verberō|t=to beat}} verberō (“to beat”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} reverberate (comparative more reverberate, superlative most reverberate)
  1. reverberant
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-adj-WVym5fl6
  2. Driven back, as sound; reflected.
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-adj-PYkrIYok
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reverbate [rare]

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ).bəɹ.eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-reverberate.wav [US] Forms: reverberates [present, singular, third-person], reverberating [participle, present], reverberated [participle, past], reverberated [past]
Etymology: * From Latin reverberātus, past participle of reverberō (“to rebound”), from re- and verberō (“to beat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|reverberātus}} Latin reverberātus, {{m|la|reverberō|t=to rebound}} reverberō (“to rebound”), {{m|la|re-}} re-, {{m|la|verberō|t=to beat}} verberō (“to beat”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} reverberate (third-person singular simple present reverberates, present participle reverberating, simple past and past participle reverberated)
  1. (intransitive) To ring or sound with many echos. Tags: intransitive Translations (to ring with many echos): ехтя (ehtja) (Bulgarian), reverberar (Catalan), kajahdella (Finnish), kaikua (Finnish), réverbérer (French), nachhallen (German), nachklingen (German), nachdröhnen (German), aisfhuaimnigh (Irish), macalla a dhéanamh (Irish), riecheggiare (Italian), aaheean (Manx), wheoro (Maori), pāorooro (Maori), runge (Norwegian), gjalle (Norwegian), ljome (Norwegian), раздава́ться (razdavátʹsja) (Russian), स्तनति (stanati) (Sanskrit), reverberar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb-KPLiIask Disambiguation of 'to ring with many echos': 76 0 4 4 10 4 1 0 1
  2. (intransitive) To have a lasting effect. Tags: intransitive Translations (to have a lasting effect): reverberar (Catalan), heijastua (Finnish), riverberare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb-c2u4~C8L Disambiguation of 'to have a lasting effect': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (intransitive) To repeatedly return. Tags: intransitive Translations (to repeatedly return): отеквам (otekvam) (Bulgarian), reverberar (Catalan), palailla (Finnish), résonner (French)
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb-yJhHteoV Disambiguation of 'to repeatedly return': 2 0 86 6 6 1 0 0 0
  4. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb-5F~6gUZO
  5. To send or force back; to repel from side to side.
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb-40LHg7j2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 15 1 15 5 36 15 6 2 2
  6. To fuse by reverberated heat.
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb-u49j2Gmh
  7. (intransitive) To rebound or recoil. Tags: intransitive Translations (to rebound or recoil): отразявам се (otrazjavam se) (Bulgarian), kimmota (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb-2pd1IYlO Disambiguation of 'to rebound or recoil': 0 0 0 5 2 3 88 1 1
  8. (intransitive) To shine or reflect (from a surface, etc.). Tags: intransitive Translations (to shire or reflect): блестя (blestja) (Bulgarian), отразявам се от (otrazjavam se ot) (Bulgarian), heijastua (Finnish), reverberar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb-46kOcfmA Disambiguation of 'to shire or reflect': 1 0 0 29 3 3 4 50 11
  9. (obsolete) To shine or glow (on something) with reflected light. Tags: obsolete Translations (obsolete: to shine or glow): reverberar (Catalan), kiiltää (Finnish), hohtaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-reverberate-en-verb--0lrI~RX Disambiguation of 'obsolete: to shine or glow': 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 14 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reverbate [rare] Related terms: reverberant, reverberation, reverberator, reverberatory, reverberative

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        "(obsolete) To shine or glow (on something) with reflected light."
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      "roman": "ehtja",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "ехтя"
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      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "kaikua"
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      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "réverbérer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "nachhallen"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "nachdröhnen"
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      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "aisfhuaimnigh"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "macalla a dhéanamh"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "riecheggiare"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "aaheean"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "wheoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "pāorooro"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "runge"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "gjalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "ljome"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdavátʹsja",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "раздава́ться"
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      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "stanati",
      "sense": "to ring with many echos",
      "word": "स्तनति"
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      "word": "reverberar"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to have a lasting effect",
      "word": "reverberar"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "heijastua"
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      "sense": "to have a lasting effect",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otekvam",
      "sense": "to repeatedly return",
      "word": "отеквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to repeatedly return",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to repeatedly return",
      "word": "palailla"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "отразявам се"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kimmota"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kiiltää"
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