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re·sound

(rĭ-zound′)

v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds

v.intr.

1. To make a loud, prolonged, or reverberating sound: The judge's gavel resounded in the courtroom. See Synonyms at echo.

2. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children.

3. To be talked about, celebrated, or extolled: news that resounded throughout the nation.

v.tr.

1. To send back (sound).

2. To utter or emit loudly.

3. To celebrate or praise, as in verse or song.

[Alteration (influenced by sound) of Middle English resounen, from Old French resoner, from Latin resonāre : re-, re- + sonāre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]

re·sound′ing adj.

re·sound′ing·ly adv.

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resound

(rɪˈzaʊnd)

vb (intr)

1. to ring or echo with sound; reverberate: the hall resounded with laughter.

2. to make a prolonged echoing noise: the trumpet resounded.

3. (of sounds) to echo or ring

4. to be widely famous: his achievements resounded throughout India.

[C14: from Old French resoner, from Latin resonāre to sound again]

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re•sound

(rɪˈzaʊnd)

v.i.

1. to echo or ring with sound.

2. to make an echoing sound, or sound loudly.

3. to ring or be echoed.

4. to be celebrated or notably important.

v.t.

5. to reecho (a sound).

6. to give forth or utter loudly or resonantly.

7. to proclaim loudly or broadly.

[1350–1400; Middle English resounen < Middle French resoner < Latin resonāre=re- re- + sonāre to sound¹]

resonate, resound - Resonate means "to expand, to intensity, or amplify the sound of," whereas resound means "to throw back, repeat the sound of."

resound

Past participle: resounded
Gerund: resounding

Imperative
resound
resound

Present
I resound
you resound
he/she/it resounds
we resound
you resound
they resound

Preterite
I resounded
you resounded
he/she/it resounded
we resounded
you resounded
they resounded

Present Continuous
I am resounding
you are resounding
he/she/it is resounding
we are resounding
you are resounding
they are resounding

Present Perfect
I have resounded
you have resounded
he/she/it has resounded
we have resounded
you have resounded
they have resounded

Past Continuous
I was resounding
you were resounding
he/she/it was resounding
we were resounding
you were resounding
they were resounding

Past Perfect
I had resounded
you had resounded
he/she/it had resounded
we had resounded
you had resounded
they had resounded

Future
I will resound
you will resound
he/she/it will resound
we will resound
you will resound
they will resound

Future Perfect
I will have resounded
you will have resounded
he/she/it will have resounded
we will have resounded
you will have resounded
they will have resounded

Future Continuous
I will be resounding
you will be resounding
he/she/it will be resounding
we will be resounding
you will be resounding
they will be resounding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been resounding
you have been resounding
he/she/it has been resounding
we have been resounding
you have been resounding
they have been resounding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been resounding
you will have been resounding
he/she/it will have been resounding
we will have been resounding
you will have been resounding
they will have been resounding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been resounding
you had been resounding
he/she/it had been resounding
we had been resounding
you had been resounding
they had been resounding

Conditional
I would resound
you would resound
he/she/it would resound
we would resound
you would resound
they would resound

Past Conditional
I would have resounded
you would have resounded
he/she/it would have resounded
we would have resounded
you would have resounded
they would have resounded

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Verb	1.	resound - ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" reverberate, ring, echo sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" consonate - sound in sympathy reecho - repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back reecho - echo repeatedly, echo again and again bong - ring loudly and deeply; "the big bell bonged"
	2.	resound - emit a noise make noise, noise sizzle - make a sound like frying fat roar, howl - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" sough, purl - make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" claxon, honk - use the horn of a car hum - make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming" crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle - make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine - make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" racket - make loud and annoying noises brattle, clack, clatter - make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" clitter, stridulate - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate" drown out - make imperceptible; "The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music" jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle - make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket" scream - make a loud, piercing sound; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies" backfire - emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time" ring out - sound loudly; "a shot rang out" sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" blare, blast - make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

resound

verb

1. echo, resonate, reverberate, fill the air, re-echo The soldiers' boots resounded in the street.

2. ring, be filled, vibrate, resonate The whole place resounded with music.

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resound

verb

To send back the sound of:

echo, rebound, reecho, reflect, repeat, reverberate.

Translations

يُدَوِّي، يُردِّد الصَّوْت

znítzvučet

runge

hallen tönen widerhallen

résonner retentir sonner

enduróma, hljóma

risonare

labai didelisskardėtiskardžiai

atbalsotiesskanēt

soar

огласить трубить

yankılanmak

回响回荡着声音

resound

[rɪˈzaʊnd] VI [sound] → resonar; [place] the valley resounded with shouts → resonaron los gritos por el valle
the house resounded with laughter → resonaron las risas por toda la casa

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resound

[rɪˈzaʊnd] vi

[voice, sound] → retentir

[room, place] → résonner
to resound with → résonner de
to resound to → résonner de

resound

vi → (wider)hallen (with von); my ears were still resounding with the noise → mir tönten noch die Ohren von dem Lärm; his name resounded throughout the land (fig) → sein Name war in aller Munde

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resound

[rɪˈzaʊnd] vi (frm) to resound (with) → risonare (di)

resound

(rəˈzaund) verb

to sound loudly or for a long time. The audience's cheers resounded through the hall.

reˈsounding adjective

1. loud. resounding cheers.

2. very great; complete. a resounding victory/success.

reˈsoundingly adverb

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