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resonate
verb [I] (HAVE QUALITY/EFFECT) /ˈrez.ən.eɪt/Definition
› to be filled with a particular quality: The building resonates with historic significance.Conditions and characteristics › to continue to have a powerful effect or value: The significance of those great stories resonates down the centuries.Affecting and influencing › If an experience or memory resonates, it makes you think of another similar one: Her experiences resonate powerfully with me, living, as I do, in a similar family situation.Remembering, reminding and reminders
(Definition of resonate verb (HAVE QUALITY/EFFECT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- affect verb (INFLUENCE)
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth phrasal verb
- bearing noun (INFLUENCE)
- carry (sth) over phrasal verb
- colour verb (INFLUENCE)
- come over sb phrasal verb
- infiltrate verb
- influence verb
- influential adjective
- inroads noun
- inspiration noun
- prompt verb (CAUSE)
- shape verb (CHARACTER)
- spill over phrasal verb
- start sb off phrasal verb
- tell against sb/sth phrasal verb
- the pen is mightier than the sword idiom
- tilt the balance/scales idiom
- weigh verb (INFLUENCE)
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