| VERB | perception | reverberate, resound, echo, ring | ring or echo with sound |
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| stative | reverberate | have a long or continuing effect | |
| perception | reverberate | be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves | |
| perception | reverberate, reflect | to throw or bend back (from a surface) | |
| motion | reverberate, bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet | spring back | |
| change | reverberate | treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace |
| Sounds | rihver'beraht; rihver'bereyt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | ||
| Meaning | ring or echo with sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The woods reverberate with many kinds of birds | |
| Synonyms | resound, echo, ring | |
| Narrower | bong | ring loudly and deeply |
| consonate | sound in sympathy | |
| reecho | repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly | |
| reecho | echo repeatedly, echo again and again | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | resonar, retumbar, reverberar | |
| Catalan | ressonar, retrunyir, reverberar, tocar | |
| Adjectives | reverberant | having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected |
| reverberative | characterized by resonance | |
| Nouns | reverberance | having the character of a loud deep sound |
| reverberation | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves | |
| Meaning | Have a long or continuing effect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life" | |
| Broader | prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure | Continue to exist |
| Nouns | reverberation | a remote or indirect consequence of some action |
| Meaning | Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building" | |
| Broader | reflect, reverberate | To throw or bend back (from a surface) |
| Similar to | reflect, reverberate | To throw or bend back (from a surface) |
| Adjectives | reverberant | having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected |
| Meaning | To throw or bend back (from a surface). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | reflect | |
| Category | acoustics | The study of the physical properties of sound |
| Narrower | mirror | Reflect as if in a mirror |
| reverberate | Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves | |
| Similar to | reverberate | Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves |
| Spanish | reflejar, reverberar | |
| Catalan | reflectir | |
| Adjectives | reverberant | having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected |
| Meaning | spring back; spring away from an impact. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, ricochet | |
| Narrower | carom | rebound after hitting |
| kick back, recoil, kick | spring back, as from a forceful thrust | |
| skip, bound off | bound off one point after another | |
| Broader | jump, leap, bound, spring | Move forward by leaps and bounds |
| Spanish | rebotar | |
| Catalan | rebotar, rebotre | |
| Meaning | treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "reverberate ore" | |
| Broader | process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
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