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ri-VURB-uh-rayt/rɪˈvɜːbəreɪt/

To reverberate is to echo, or to have continuing effects: a leak will reverberate, reverberate as a breach. Echo (already in the dictionary) is everyday; debate talk is still a file.

Meaning

To echo, or to have continuing effects (from echo, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “A leaked n will reverberate as a breach, not as “robust debate”.”
• “Echo is already in this course. Resound is the close twin. Debate is a slogan. An embargo line is a file. Keep the embargo; then keep the debate if the clause still sits on a fact.”

Good to know

Echo; have lasting effects. Everyday: echo (already in the dictionary). Debate ≠ a lawful file.

Near in meaning

resound, echo, ripple

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