resonancenoun
uk/ˈrez.ən.əns/us/ˈrez.ən.əns/resonance noun (SOUND)
[ U ] the quality of being loud and clear
[ C or U ] specialized physics the production of a sound as a result of vibration (= shaking) of another object:
magnetic resonance
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Describing qualities of sound
- (as) clear as a bell idiom
- background
- bass 1
- brassy
- consonance
- crackle
- creaky
- depth
- distortion
- easy
- grating
- harmonious
- low-pitched
- pitched
- plaintive
- pure
- sonorous
- squeaky
- squelch
- tune
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
resonance noun (QUALITY)
[ C or U ] a feeling, thought, memory, etc. that a piece of writing or music makes you have, or the quality in a piece of writing, etc. that makes this happen:
This poem has many resonances for me.
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Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- retrospect
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- take sb back
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