REDOUNDS Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

redounds

verb

present tense third-person singular of redound

as in results

formal to have a particular result

—used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something

—+ to It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis.

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Except that’s how the entertainment business works these days, and those deals did pay them millions (the Netflix production deal was reported to be in the $100-million range).

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Communications, however, is one of the few functions that regularly works across every part of the business.

— Caroline Johns, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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Winding machines can process up to 240 cells per minute, while a rotary indexing system performs tab flattening and full-tab forming in a single step.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Its facilities can recreate real-world sound environments and changing acoustic conditions to assess how technology performs as the world around the consumer changes.

— Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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