English Dictionary
Definition of “resound”
resound (rɪˈzaʊnd
)
Definitions
verb (intr)
- to ring or echo with sound; reverberate ⇒
the hall resounded with laughter
- to make a prolonged echoing noise ⇒
the trumpet resounded
- (of sounds) to echo or ring
- to be widely famous ⇒
his achievements resounded throughout India
Word Origin
C14: from Old French resoner , from Latin resonāre to sound again
re-sound (riːˈsaʊnd)
Definitions
verb
- to sound or cause to sound again
Usage examples
No tanks or armoured cars would roar into the Crescent; no rifle butts would resound on her door in Balgriffin.
Bringle, Mary, Death of an Unknown Man (1987)Nothing, the couple emphasise, can compensate for the wealth of notes that resound in the air at home.
India Today (2000)It's an auditorium which will doubtless resound to glorious nights of Welsh music-making.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)In the late twentieth century our concert halls resound to the music of Mozart and Beethoven - at the expense of contemporary composers.
Roberts, Peter, The Message of Astrology (1990)
