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Meaning of resonate in English

resonate
verb [ I ]
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/ˈrez.ən.eɪt/ us
/ˈrez.ən.eɪt/

resonate verb [I] (MAKE SOUND)

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to produce, increase, or fill with sound, by vibrating (= shaking) objects that are near:
His voice resonated in the empty church.
The noise of the bell resonated through the building.
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resonate verb [I] (HAVE QUALITY/EFFECT)

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.
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.
What exactly is it about that music that resonates with you?
If you resonate with something, it feels true or has meaning for you:
She spoke about both doubting herself and believing in herself, and I definitely resonate with that.
The thing that I resonated with as a kid was that you always had special protection from your parents.
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(Definition of resonate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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resonate
verb [ I ]
us
/ˈrez·əˌneɪt/
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to produce or be filled with clear, continuing sound:
The noise of the bell resonated through the building.
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An object that resonates reflects sound waves and makes them seem louder.

resonance

noun [ U ] us
/ˈrez·ə·nəns/
(Definition of resonate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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The fluctuation is localized at the surface where the frequency (real) of the stable diocotron waves resonates with the flow continuum.
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In this conceptual scheme, the radiating element (bell, resonating body, etc.) is implicitly enclosed within the resonator.
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The framing of discourse, then, resonates strongly with the way the exhibits themselves are framed visually.
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However, the new policy resonates awkwardly with an unfortunate venture some 40 years ago.
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The actual arrangement resonates between the two or three alternative structures.
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What ensued from that debate became a mythic moment that resonates throughout countless memoirs, documentaries and commentaries on the period.
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We learn about women's and men's daily survival strategies and how money and mobility resonated within the more intimate worlds of sexuality and marriage.
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First, they resonated with existing and very deepseated intellectual predispositions.
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The romantic ideal of self-overcoming within the ' superman ' literature resonated with feminist thought.
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The defence of employment and public service resonated with the wider public.
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Such experiences (physical discomfort, difficulties with stamina, acute performance anxiety) resonated with me as a player.
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One consequence of this approach would be a school music pedagogy, which was transformative in nature because it resonated with the children's view of themselves.
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An organism's nervous system resonates to environmental regularities because the nervous system itself is an embodiment of those regularities.
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The moment resonates with the tremors of conquest.
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Thus stated, the message sounds almost banal, but on stage it was striking and resonated with great power.
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Translations of resonate

in Chinese (Traditional)
發出共鳴, 發出回響, 迴盪…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
发出共鸣, 发出回响, 回荡…
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resonar…
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ressoar…
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rozbrzmiewać…
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çınlamak, yankılanmak, çın çın ötmek…
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