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Definition of resonant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

resonant

adjective
 
/ˈrezənənt/
 
/ˈrezənənt/
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  1. (formal) (of sound) deep, clear and continuing for a long time
    • a deep resonant voice
  2. (specialist) causing sounds to continue for a long time synonym resounding
    • resonant frequencies
  3. (literary) having the power to bring images, feelings, memories, etc. into your mind
    • a poem filled with resonant imagery
    • Everything was resonant with new meaning.
    4. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French résonnant or Latin resonant- ‘resounding’, from the verb resonare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sonare ‘to sound’.
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