TOP

Definition of reverberation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reverberation

noun
 
/rɪˌvɜːbəˈreɪʃn/
 
/rɪˌvɜːrbəˈreɪʃn/
jump to other results
  1. [countable, usually plural, uncountable] a loud noise that continues for some time after it has been produced because of the surfaces around it synonym echo
    • The reverberations of the drum were still vibrating in the air.
    • The house shook with the reverberation of the bomb.
  2. reverberations
    [plural] the effects of something that happens, especially unpleasant ones that spread among a large number of people synonym repercussion
    • the political reverberations of the scandal
See reverberation in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
trait
noun
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 5000
B2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day