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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
resounding
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crushing/resounding defeat (=a complete defeat, by a very large amount)
▪ He quit as Prime Minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.
a resounding/outstanding/spectacular success (=very great success)
▪ Financially, the event was a resounding success.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
success
▪ If it comes close to matching the Braehead competition, then it will be a resounding success.
▪ The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.
▪ They achieved an immediate and resounding success.
▪ This appeal proved a resounding success.
▪ On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.
▪ By 1880 there were about a thousand hotels in the scheme which proved a resounding success.
▪ They achieved resounding success, shouting psalms on the battlefield and when marching.
▪ It is clear from everyone I asked to comment that I was not alone in thinking the evening was a resounding success.
victory
▪ The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.
▪ As is well known, the Battle of El Alamein was a resounding victory and established Montgomery's reputation.
▪ The Batde of Toba-Fushimi was a resounding victory for the imperial troops which, though outnumbered, were better equipped.
▪ The result was a resounding victory for the regime and for its new Constitution.
▪ Significantly, at press conferences after the judgment both sides claimed the result as a resounding victory.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Her remarks were met with resounding cheers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ By 1880 there were about a thousand hotels in the scheme which proved a resounding success.
▪ If it comes close to matching the Braehead competition, then it will be a resounding success.
▪ The answer has to be a resounding no.
▪ The embassage had a trumpeter, and he blew a resounding flourish.
▪ The papers screamed superlatives, and La Scala, sulking after a resounding flop with Don Carlos, scowled and spat.
▪ There are times when they almost entirely break surface and re-enter the water with a resounding slap of their tails.
▪ They were shattered by the sudden incursion of a resounding bass voice which broke into song.
▪ This was the one resounding defeat of Charlemagne's campaigns, recorded in the ninth-century life of the king by Eginhard.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Resounding

Resound \Re*sound"\ (r?*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Resounding.] [OE. resounen, OF. resoner, F. r['e]sonner, from L. resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to make a noise.]

  1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

  2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.

  3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. ``Common fame . . . resounds back to them again.''
    --South.

  4. To be mentioned much and loudly.
    --Milton.

  5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
resounding

late 14c., present participle adjective from resound (v.). Figurative use from 1630s. Related: Resoundingly.

Wiktionary
resounding

Etymology 1

  1. 1 Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant 2 That causes reverberation 3 (context by extension English) emphatic, celebrated n. The action of the verb ''to resound'' Etymology 2

    v

  2. (present participle of resound English)

WordNet
resounding

adj. characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, reverberating, reverberative, rolling]

Usage examples of "resounding".

Every blow produced a resounding thud and sent an Automaton to the ground.

A bundle that squirmed, cooed, then let out a resounding burp more suitable to a burly ale master.

Nimon and Mongo looked down at him, silhouetted together, surrounded by the corona of light and then the trapdoor closed snapped once more with a loud, resounding report.

His trip to Yarmouth was a resounding success: he and an importer called Grover Pankey got along famously, smoked cigars on the beachfront, and struck a deal to supply Rackham Perfumeries with dirt-cheap ivory pots for the dearer balsams.

The closing of a rear door and the resounding tread of a pair of hobnailed boots on the lower floor told him that Pitman had entered the house and was going to bed.

The orgasm occurred as they traversed the hall, announcing itself in resounding shouts and screams.

The hands of the two men came together with a resounding smack, and the Mimbrate leaned back, literally jerking the Asturian up out of the current.

With resounding crashes the structure parted at the weakened points, the furious upheaval stopped, and, the tractor beams shut off, the shattered, smoking, erupting mass of wreckage fell in clashing, grinding ruin upon the city.

With twelve sonorous, resounding strokes, the great Bell of the Benedictine Church of Saint Denys, in the courtyard of Castle Cherbourg, sounded the hour of midnight.

Resounding names begin to fill up the mill post, for nearly everyone wants to immortalize himself, Hoesch, or the Bochum Association in this famous place.

He was felling a tall candlenut tree, and each resounding stroke bit deep into the soft wood.

Sancho became more quiet and tractable, and, settling himself comfortably in his chair, he held up his face and beard to the firstcomer, who gave him a resounding smack, followed by a low bow.

Now, however, that the Italians had won their first resounding victories, the Gallas had become active, gathering like vultures for the scraps that the lions left.

The entire command provided a resounding send-off of cheers, hoots, and laughter.

Maya was yelping now, each sharp cry punctuated by the resounding echo of a crisp slap as I smacked the quivering, blushing bottom mercilessly.