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resounding
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Resounding
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re·sound·ing
/
rɪˈzaʊn
dɪŋ
/
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[
ri-
zoun
-ding
]
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adjective
1.
making an echoing
sound
:
a resounding thud.
2.
uttered loudly:
resounding speech.
3.
impressively thorough or complete:
a resounding popular success.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English;
see
resound
,
-ing
2
Related forms
re·sound·ing·ly,
adverb
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re-sound
/
riˈsaʊnd
/
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[
ree-
sound
]
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verb (used without object),
verb
(used with object)
to
sound
again.
Origin:
1895–1900;
re-
+
sound
1
Can be confused:
re-sound,
resound
.
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re·sound
/
rɪˈzaʊnd
/
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[
ri-
zound
]
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verb (used without object)
1.
to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
2.
to make an echoing sound, or sound loudly, as a metallic
object
:
A gong resounded.
3.
to ring or be echoed, as sounds.
4.
to be celebrated or notably important:
His
name
resounds in the pages of history.
verb (used with object)
5.
to reecho (a sound).
6.
to give forth or utter loudly.
7.
to proclaim loudly (praise, disapproval, etc.).
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
resounen
<
Middle French
resoner
<
Latin
resonāre,
equivalent to
re-
re-
+
sonāre
to
sound
1
Can be confused:
1.
rebound
,
redound
,
resound
;
2.
re-sound
,
resound
.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
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resounding
Collins
World English Dictionary
resound
(rɪˈzaʊnd)
—
vb
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]
re-sound
(riːˈsaʊnd)
—
vb
to sound or cause to sound again
resounding
(rɪˈzaʊndɪŋ)
—
adj
1.
clear and emphatic; unmistakable:
a resounding vote of confidence
2.
full of or characterized by resonance; reverberating:
a resounding slap
re'soundingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
resound
late 14c., resownen, from O.Fr. resoner, from L. resonare "sound again, resound, echo," from re- "back, again" + sonare "to sound" (see
sound
(n.1)). Spelling influenced by sound.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
But it is difficult not to see a degree of anti-government protest in his
resounding
defeat.
The government cheap food policy has been a
resounding
success.
Well, the latest research is in, and the answer is a
resounding
no: boys are
not more math savvy.
If my experience is at all representative, the answer is a
resounding
yes.
But a referendum, however
resounding
its verdict, cannot overturn the brute facts of demography and geography.
For me, the answer has always been a
resounding
yes.
Plot requires a larger structure and a somewhat quieter and more
resounding
resolution.
If someone acts as a
resounding
board and continually repeats the same mantra, they become it.
It is used as a prop when cutting trees and, in the water, to signal an alarm with a
resounding
thwack.
First, it was a
resounding
vote for the mainstream candidates.
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