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" History is moving the furniture around in the house of mankind just about everywhere but the U.S.A. Things have changed, except here, where people come and go through the rooms of state, and everything looks shabbier by the day, and lethargy eats away at the upholstery like an acid fog, and the walls reverberate with meaningless oratory."
James Howard Kunstler

Meaning of "reverberate" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REVERBERATE

From Latin reverberāre to strike back, from re- + verberāre to beat, from verber a lash.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REVERBERATE

rɪˈvɜːbəˌreɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REVERBERATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reverberate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb reverberate in English.

WHAT DOES REVERBERATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reverberation

Reverberation, in terms of acoustics, is the interpretation of the persistence of sound after a sound is produced. A reverberation, or reverb, is created when a sound or signal is reflected causing a large number of reflections to build up and then decay as the sound is absorbed by the surfaces of objects in the space – which could include furniture and people, and air. This is most noticeable when the sound source stops but the reflections continue, decreasing in amplitude, until they reach zero amplitude. Reverberation is frequency dependent. The length of the decay, or reverberation time, receives special consideration in the architectural design of spaces which need to have specific reverberation times to achieve optimum performance for their intended activity. In comparison to a distinct echo that is a minimum of 50 to 100 ms after the initial sound, reverberation is reflections that arrive in less than approximately 50ms. As time passes, the amplitude of the reflections is reduced until it is reduced to zero. Reverberation is not limited to indoor spaces as it exists in forests and other outdoor environments where reflection exists.

Definition of reverberate in the English dictionary

The first definition of reverberate in the dictionary is to resound or re-echo. Other definition of reverberate is to reflect or be reflected many times. Reverberate is also to rebound or recoil.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REVERBERATE

PRESENT

Present
I reverberate
you reverberate
he/she/it reverberates
we reverberate
you reverberate
they reverberate
Present continuous
I am reverberating
you are reverberating
he/she/it is reverberating
we are reverberating
you are reverberating
they are reverberating
Present perfect
I have reverberated
you have reverberated
he/she/it has reverberated
we have reverberated
you have reverberated
they have reverberated
Present perfect continuous
I have been reverberating
you have been reverberating
he/she/it has been reverberating
we have been reverberating
you have been reverberating
they have been reverberating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I reverberated
you reverberated
he/she/it reverberated
we reverberated
you reverberated
they reverberated
Past continuous
I was reverberating
you were reverberating
he/she/it was reverberating
we were reverberating
you were reverberating
they were reverberating
Past perfect
I had reverberated
you had reverberated
he/she/it had reverberated
we had reverberated
you had reverberated
they had reverberated
Past perfect continuous
I had been reverberating
you had been reverberating
he/she/it had been reverberating
we had been reverberating
you had been reverberating
they had been reverberating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will reverberate
you will reverberate
he/she/it will reverberate
we will reverberate
you will reverberate
they will reverberate
Future continuous
I will be reverberating
you will be reverberating
he/she/it will be reverberating
we will be reverberating
you will be reverberating
they will be reverberating
Future perfect
I will have reverberated
you will have reverberated
he/she/it will have reverberated
we will have reverberated
you will have reverberated
they will have reverberated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been reverberating
you will have been reverberating
he/she/it will have been reverberating
we will have been reverberating
you will have been reverberating
they will have been reverberating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would reverberate
you would reverberate
he/she/it would reverberate
we would reverberate
you would reverberate
they would reverberate
Conditional continuous
I would be reverberating
you would be reverberating
he/she/it would be reverberating
we would be reverberating
you would be reverberating
they would be reverberating
Conditional perfect
I would have reverberate
you would have reverberate
he/she/it would have reverberate
we would have reverberate
you would have reverberate
they would have reverberate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been reverberating
you would have been reverberating
he/she/it would have been reverberating
we would have been reverberating
you would have been reverberating
they would have been reverberating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you reverberate
we let´s reverberate
you reverberate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to reverberate
Past participle
reverberated
Present Participle
reverberating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REVERBERATE

aberrate · accelerate · collaborate · commemorate · cooperate · corroborate · decorate · deteriorate · exuberate · generate · incorporate · liberate · operate · proliferate · protuberate · regenerate · separate · suberate · tolerate · verberate

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REVERBERATE

reverable · reverb · reverberant · reverberantly · reverberation · reverberation chamber · reverberation time · reverberations · reverberative · reverberator · reverberatories · reverberatory · reverberatory furnace · revere · revered · reverence · reverencer · reverend · Reverend Mother · reverent

WORDS THAT END LIKE REVERBERATE

accurate · computer literate · confederate · conglomerate · considerate · deliberate · derate · desperate · enterate · enumerate · eviscerate · exaggerate · illiterate · incarcerate · iterate · literate · moderate · recuperate · refrigerate · reiterate · temperate

Synonyms and antonyms of reverberate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REVERBERATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reverberate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «reverberate» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF REVERBERATE

Find out the translation of reverberate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of reverberate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reverberate» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

回响
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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retumbar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

reverberate
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

गूंजना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتردد صداها
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

отражаются
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ressoar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিহত করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

retentir
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bergema
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

widerhallen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

鳴り響く
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

울려 퍼지다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Reverberate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vang dội
80 millions of speakers
ta

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எதிரொலிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उलथून टाकणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yansımak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

rimbombare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

rozbrzmiewać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

відбиваються
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

reverbereze
30 millions of speakers
el

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αντηχούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weergalm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

genljuder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjenlyd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reverberate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REVERBERATE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reverberate

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4 QUOTES WITH «REVERBERATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reverberate.
1
George Benson
My stepfather had an electric guitar. He went to his pawn store one day to get a guitar and an amp, and I couldn't understand what I was hearing. All afternoon, I just sat against the amp and let it reverberate through me. Something must have stuck.
2
James Howard Kunstler
History is moving the furniture around in the house of mankind just about everywhere but the U.S.A. Things have changed, except here, where people come and go through the rooms of state, and everything looks shabbier by the day, and lethargy eats away at the upholstery like an acid fog, and the walls reverberate with meaningless oratory.
3
F. L. Lucas
The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
4
Victor Ponta
The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REVERBERATE»

Discover the use of reverberate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reverberate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of the English Language
To REVERBERATE, (re-ver'-ber-ate) v. a. To beat back ; to heat in an intense furnace, where the flame is reverberated upon tlie matter to be melted or cleaned. To REVERBERATE, (re-ver'-ber-ate) v. n. To be driven back ; to bound back ; to ...
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson, 1828
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
To resound i to reverberate. Not in use. — Nor are those empty hearted, whose loud sound Jteverbj no hollowness. S/iak. • REVERBERANT, adj. [reverberans, Latin.] Resounding ; beating back. The rending in the following passage ihould. be, ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
See majesty reverberated so strongly upon Villerioi that they dispelled all clouds. Howe/. 1. To resound. — And ev'n at hand a drum is ready brac*d, That stall reverberate all as well as thine. Shab. REVERBERATING Furnace. See Che- mistry ...
‎1816
4
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... factious, contumacious Ana recalcitrant, refractory, intractable, »unruly, ungovernable: estranged, alienated, disaffected (see ESTRANGE) Ant acquiescent, resigned: submissive rebound, reverberate, recoil, resile, repercuss are comparable ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
5
The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With ...
Make me a willow cabin at your gate, And call upon my soul within the house ; Write loyal .cantos of contemned love, And sing them loud even in the dead of night ; 'Haloo your name to the reverberate hills, And make the babling gossip of the ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, 1778
6
Lalita Sahasranama
In short, this letter does not reverberate (hard), but it does need an exhalation ( aspirate) to be pronounced. Just as "c" but with an exhalation of air. It does not sound like English "ch". Careful! ज ja It is a unaspirate soft letter. In short, this letter ...
V. Ravi, 2010
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
REVERB' v. a. -\ Fr. reverberer ; Rever'berant, adj. f Latin reverbero. REV£R' BERATE,e.a.&t>.nATo resound ; beat Reverbera'tion, n.s. I back: reverberate Rever'beratory, adj. J is the more usual veri), and signifies also to heat so that the flame ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
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The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
>To resound; beat Reverbf.ra'tion, n. s. I back: reverberate Rever'beratory, adj. J is the more usual venb, and signifies also to heat so that the flame is reverberated upon the matter to be melted or cleaned : reverberation is the act of beating or ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
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Collected Plays
Someofthekey wordsreverberate so they overlap overeach other. MALA'S VOICE. Today is the 30th of September . ..2001, and my name is (Reverberate 'name is'.) . . .I don't think I want tosaymy name . . .I am sorry. (Reverberate 'sorry'.) I hope ...
Mahesh Dattani, 2005
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
Oli. Why, what would you ? Vio. Make me a willow cabin at your gate, And call upon my soul within the house ; Write loyal cantons of contemned love 3, And sing them loud even in the dead of night ; Holla your name to the reverberate hills 4, ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REVERBERATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reverberate is used in the context of the following news items.
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As Scott's vetoes reverberate across state, a critic is impressed
Rick Scott's liberal use of his veto pen in the new state budget continues to reverberate across the state in a number of pointed editorials and woe-is-us news ... «Tampabay.com, Jun 15»
2
Gay marriage decision won't reverberate like Roe, but ...
Register your digital access. Gay marriage decision won't reverberate like Roe, but ... Robert Robb · Robert Robb, The Republic | azcentral.com 12:17 p.m. MST ... «azcentral.com, Jun 15»
3
California Uber ruling may reverberate in company's Canadian …
A ruling from a California labour board that Uber drivers are employees of the company and not self-employed contractors sets a precedent that could spell ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
4
At the University of Texas, Echoes of its Confederate Past …
At the University of Texas, Echoes of its Confederate Past Reverberate in the Present. Posted: 05/22/2015 12:14 pm EDT Updated: 05/26/2015 8:59 am EDT ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
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Op-ed: Ireland's Marriage Decision Will Reverberate Around the World
Op-ed: Ireland's Marriage Decision Will Reverberate Around the World. If Ireland denies marriage equality at the polls, it could harm LGBT people everywhere. «Advocate.com, May 15»
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Court ruling against NSA practice could reverberate far beyond …
The federal court decision Thursday that found it illegal for the National Security Agency to collect massive amounts of phone data may have broader ... «Christian Science Monitor, May 15»
7
Consequences of Mass Killings of Ethnic Armenians Still Reverberate
The horrors and trauma of 1915 still reverberate, not only in the lives of Mssrs. Teke and Bostanci but for Armenians scattered across the world. At the center of ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
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Reverberate: US media and marketing news you need to know …
Reverberate: US media and marketing news you need to know – Star Wars trailer forces $2bn Disney surge, Netflix snags 5m 2015 users and Instagram ... «The Drum, Apr 15»
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Reverberate: US media & marketing news you need to know …
Morning all, here's a glimpse at all the media and marketing news you should know today. 1. Facebook has threatened Google's ad revenue by patenting an ad ... «The Drum, Apr 15»
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French elections reverberate in New Caledonia
You might wonder whether the result of the recent second round of French departmental elections – with Nicolas Sarkozy taking credit for the UMP's win of 67 ... «The Interpreter, Apr 15»
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