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resounding

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re⋅sound⋅ing

  [ri-zoun-ding]
Use resounding in a Sentence
–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 ME; see resound, -ing 2

Related forms:
re⋅sound⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

re-sound

  [ree-sound]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
to sound again.
Origin:
1895–1900; re- + sound 1

re⋅sound

  [ri-zound]
–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; ME resounen < MF resoner < L resonāre, equiv. to re- re- + sonāre to sound 1
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re·sound   (rĭ-zound')   
v.   re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds

v.   intr.

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

  2. To make a loud, long, or reverberating sound: The music resounded through the hall.

  3. To sound loudly; ring.

  4. To become famous, celebrated, or extolled: Picasso—a name to resound for ages in art history.

v.   tr.

  1. To send back (sound). See Synonyms at echo.

  2. To utter or emit loudly.

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


[Alteration (influenced by sound1) 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

resound 
c.1374, 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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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