reverberate

UK: /rɪˈvɜː^rbəreɪt/

US: /rɪˈvɝbəˌreɪt/

US: (v. ri vûr′bə rāt′; adj. ri vûr′bər it)

Inflections of 'reverberate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

reverberates

v 3rd person singular

reverberating

v pres p

reverberated

v past

reverberated

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•ver•ber•ate /rɪˈvɜrbəˌreɪt/   v. [no object] , -at•ed, -at•ing. 

1. to reecho:
   Her singing reverberated through the house.
2. to have a long-lasting effect:
   The dismissal of half the employees reverberated throughout the company.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•ver•ber•ate  (v. ri vûr′bə rāt′;adj. ri vûr′bər it), v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj. 
v.i. 

1. to reecho or resound:
   Her singing reverberated through the house.
2. Physics to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space.
3. to rebound or recoil.
4. Energy, Metallurgy to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.

v.t. 

5. to echo back or reecho (sound).
6. to cast back or reflect (light, heat, etc.).
7. Energy, Metallurgy to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.

adj. 

8. reverberant.

• Latin reverberātus (past participle of reverberāre to strike back). See reverberant, -ate¹
• 1540–50

re•ver•ber•a•tive  (ri vûr′bə rā′tiv, -bər ə-), adj.  re•ver′ber•a′tor, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. carry, ring, rebound, vibrate.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

reverberate / rɪˈvɜːbəˌreɪt/ verb

1. (intransitive) to resound or re-echo
2. to reflect or be reflected many times
3. (intransitive) to rebound or recoil
4. (intransitive) (of the flame or heat in a reverberatory furnace) to be deflected onto the metal or ore on the hearth
5. (transitive) to heat, melt, or refine (a metal or ore) in a reverberatory furnace

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin reverberāre to strike back, from re- + verberāre to beat, from verber a lash

reˈverberantly adverb

reverberˈation noun