WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•ver•ber•a•tion /riˌvɜrbərˈeɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n. a long-lasting effect due to a sudden act:[countable]the reverberations from the sudden dismissal of half the workers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the act of reverberating: [countable]the reverberations from the distant thunder.[uncountable]the acoustics of reverberation.
re•ver•ber•a•tion
(ri vûr′bə rā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- a reechoed sound.
- the fact of being reverberated or reflected.
- something that is reverberated:Reverberations from the explosion were felt within a six-mile radius.
- an act or instance of reverberating.
- Physicsthe persistence of a sound after its source has stopped, caused by multiple reflection of the sound within a closed space.
- Energy, Metallurgythe act or process of subjecting something to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.
- Medieval Latin reverberātiōn- (stem of reverberātiō). See reverberate, -ion
- Middle English reverberacioun 1350–1400
'reverberation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anechoic
- dead
- echo chamber
- repercussion
- reverberation time
- reverberator
- reverberatory
- peal
- replication
- resonance