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The letter sequence "v-e-r-b" in reverberate might make you think at first of such word-related brethren as proverb, verbal, and verbose, all of which derive from the Latin noun verbum, meaning "word." In fact, reverberate comes from a much different source: the Latin verb verberare, meaning "to whip, beat, or lash," which is related to the noun verber, meaning "rod." Reverberate entered the English language in the 15th century, and one of its early meanings was "to beat, drive, or cast back." By the early 1600s, it began to appear in contexts associated with sound that repeats or returns the way an echo does.
Examples of reverberate in a Sentence
Cynthia McEwen, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Trump’s 2017 decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership was a shock to U.S. allies and friends that still reverberates across Asia.
—Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The biggest question marks for the 2025 outlook involve how the incoming Trump administration's policy agenda will reverberate through the U.S. and global economies.
—Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
At the center of that struggle were six lawmakers who, in big and small ways, made an impact that will reverberate into the next Congress that begins in January and will certify the election win of President-elect Donald Trump.
—Scott Wong, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Reverberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverberate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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