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- DictionaryRes·o·nate/ˈreznˌāt/
verb
- 1. produce or be filled with a deep, full, reverberating sound: "the sound of the siren resonated across the harbor"
- 2. produce electrical or mechanical resonance: technical "the crystal resonates at 16 MHz"
1. : to produce or exhibit resonance. 2. : to respond as if by resonance. resonate to the music. also : to have a repetitive pattern that resembles resonance. 3. : to relate harmoniously : strike a chord. a message that resonates with voters.
to be filled with a particular quality: The building resonates with historic significance. to continue to have a powerful effect or value: The significance of those great stories resonates down the centuries.
to continue to have a powerful effect or value: The significance of those great stories resonates down the centuries. If an experience or memory resonates, it makes you feel an emotional connection: Her experiences resonate powerfully with me, living, as I do, in a similar family situation.
to produce a positive feeling, emotional response, or opinion: an issue that clearly resonates with members of our community; a poem that resonates for me. verb (used with object) , res·o·nat·ed, res·o·nat·ing. to cause to resound. resonate. / ˈrɛzəˌneɪt / verb. to resound or cause to resound; reverberate.
To resonate is to make, hear, or even understand a deep, full sound. Your speech about the dangers of scarves and convertibles will resonate with your audience if you tell the story of Isadora Duncan's death. The verb resonate, which comes from the Latin resonatum, first referred only to sound, but has now developed an emotional connotation.
[intransitive] resonate (with something) (literary) to be full of a particular quality or feeling She makes a simple story resonate with complex themes and emotions. Word Origin late 19th cent.: from Latin resonat- ‘resounded’, from the verb resonare , from re- (expressing intensive force) + sonare ‘to sound’.
Check pronunciation: resonate. Definition of resonate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
