reverberating

«reverberating» in Mova's school dictionary: Of a sound: echoing again and again, loudly, filling a space — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (reverberating); the -ing form of the verb reverberate (reverberate, reverberates, reverberated, reverberating)

meaning for a pupil

1) Of a sound: echoing again and again, loudly, filling a space. tree →

2) Having effects that go on spreading for a long time: the news is still reverberating. tree →

sense in the lessons

Science lessons on sound and echoes: sound bouncing off hard walls in halls, caves and tunnels. Stories: the reverberating boom of a drum or of thunder. In news: decisions that reverberate around the world.

examples

• The thunder was reverberating round the hills. tree →
• Our voices kept reverberating in the cave. tree →
• The drum's boom went reverberating through the hall. tree →
• The bell's reverberating sound made the birds fly up. tree →
• The news is still reverberating around the school. tree →
• A reverberating shout came from the tunnel. tree →

note

Verb: reverberate; noun: reverberation (an echo). It is a stronger, longer word for «echoing».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reverberating» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.