resounding
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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.).
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resound (rɪˈzaʊnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
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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.
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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.
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