Resound

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɹiːˈsaÊŠnd/

- + sound

Full definition of resound

Verb

1. (intransitive) to sound again
2. (transitive) to echo a sound

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɨˈzaÊŠnd/

From Middle English resownen, from Old French resoner, from Latin resonare ("sound again, resound, echo")

Verb

1. (intransitive) to reverberate with sound or noiseThe street resounded with the noise of the children's game.
2. (intransitive) to make a reverberating soundThe sound of the brass band resounded through the town.
3. (transitive) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo.
• Alexander PopeAlbion's cliffs resound the rural lay.
4. To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
• Alexander PopeThe man for wisdom's various arts renowned,
  Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound.

Derived terms

• resounded
• resounding

Anagrams

• enduros, sounder, undoers