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Definition of Resonate
1. Verb. Sound with resonance. "The woods resonate with many kinds of birds "; "The sound resonates well in this theater"
Specialized synonyms: Make Vibrant Sounds, Purr
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Resonance, Resonance, Resonance, Resonator, Resonator, Vibrancy, Vibrant, Vibratory
2. Verb. Be received or understood.
Causes: Understand
Specialized synonyms: Strike A Chord
Derivative terms: Resonance
Definition of Resonate
1. Verb. To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration. ¹
2. Verb. To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resonate
1. to resound [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] - See also: resound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resonate
Literary usage of Resonate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey (1998)
"... 4 Topics that resonate: Let the Writer Choose My best questions emanate from
those things I know and care most about. Writer and educator Lucy Calkins ..."
2. The Scientific Writings of the Late George Francis Fitzgerald by George Francis Fitzgerald (1902)
"Larger objects would resonate to the electromagnetic vibrations ... A sphere 10''
cm. in diameter would, for instance, resonate to waves of about the ..."
3. The Triple Flame: The Inner Secrets of Sufism by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"If the other five still resonate he cannot do this prayer. ... You make it resonate
through the billion, five million pores of your body, you make the sound ..."
4. The Triple Flame: The Inner Secrets of Sufism by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"If the other five still resonate he cannot do this prayer. ... You make it resonate
through the billion, five million pores of your body, you make the sound ..."
5. Applied Colloid Chemistry: General Theory by Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1921)
"Particles which do not resonate are yellow or brown by reflected light and ...
A thin film of gold does not resonate readily and consequently transmits ..."
6. Applied Colloid Chemistry: General Theory by Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1921)
"Particles which do not resonate are yellow or brown by reflected light and ...
A thin film of gold does not resonate readily and consequently transmits ..."
7. Sound and Rhythm by W. Edmunds (1906)
"therefore the frequency of the waves which resonate in a closed tube are as ...
If our tube is 1 foot long, it will resonate with middle C and also with its ..."
8. The Resonance of Allah: Resplendent Explanations Arising from the Nur, Allah by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"When Allah resonates, they will resonate. When the Rasul® resonates, they will
resonate. And when all three resonate together, all the beings within that ..."
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