resonate

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Italic *swonaō Latin sonō Latin resonōbor. English resonate Borrowed from Latin resonō.

1. To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.

   “The books on top of the piano resonate when he plays certain notes.”

2. To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.

   “His words resonated with the crowd.”

   “Because of Reddit's voting system, the visibility of content is dependent on how the content resonates with Redditors.”

3. To agree or sympathise, not necessarily perfectly, usually with an emotion, an attitude, or an intellectual position.

   “1976 Professor Rosenblith: U.S. DEPARTMENT of Health, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 76-1138 Proceedings of Conferences I think the tone of concern, both within the outer and the inner circle here,. . . is obviously something that I resonate with. We're dealing with problems in decision-making and uncertainty...”

   “1989 J. Giles Milhaven: Good Anger. →ISBN Their readers certainly gain if they are ready to understand and feel with them in their poetry. When I read their text, I gain. I resonate with their wrath. I taste some of their sore satisfaction. I join respectfully the murderous fury they feel and express at brutal abuse... On the face of it, it is damn' peculiar. We approve and resonate with this individual's passion to get revenge. We would disapprove and be horrified by their actual getting it.”