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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
Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026
Doncic trade still reverberating as Mavs hit reset Kidd's tenure took a sharp downturn after the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers following their NBA Finals run, a franchise‑altering move that sent the organization into a tailspin.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 20 May 2026
But beneath that placid exterior, scientists have now found, the cluster is still reverberating from an ancient cosmic collision.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 May 2026
The outcome could reverberate across the industry.
—ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
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“Reverberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverberate. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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