resonate
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
to be received with agreement or to feel personally important to you.
to evoke a feeling of shared emotion, belief, or importance in a person or group.
Simple“Her speech about working hard really resonated with the students.”
In context“The candidate's message of economic reform failed to resonate with rural voters, who felt their specific concerns were being ignored.”
UsageTypically takes the preposition 'with' followed by the person or group affected.
Teacher's tipThis is the most common way learners will encounter the word in modern media and business contexts.
Synonyms
“The themes resonate with many readers, she adds.”
“The island setting, themes of displacement and longing for return resonated, and made me realise Shakespeare could speak to my life.”
From Latin resonō.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.