Other forms: resonated, resonates, resonating
To resonate is to sound deeply and go on vibrating. The bell resonated, resonating strings, the message resonated.
In physics it is exact: a thing resonates when it is driven at its own natural frequency, and the response can grow enormous, which is why soldiers break step on bridges. The figurative sense — an argument that resonates — is now the commoner one.
1verbresonateTo sound deeply and go on vibrating.
“The deep note of the church bell resonated through the valley.”
2verbstrikeTo strike a chord with people.
“Her speech about losing her job resonated with many people in the audience.”
resonate is a sounding.
Latin
resonō
English, today
resonate
Borrowed from Latin resonō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA