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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
Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The West Coast energy reverberates like a satellite.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
And this gets to why the consequences of Trump v. CASA reverberate beyond birthright citizenship.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
Therefore, a dramatic surge in gas prices could deepen California's cost-of-living crisis, strain working families, and reverberate through the broader economy.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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“Reverberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverberate. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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