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REDOUND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have an effect for good or ill

Example:

Her efforts will redound to the general good

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redound" is one way to...):

affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Contribute

Example:

Everything redounded to his glory

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redound" is one way to...):

accrue (grow by addition)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Return or recoil

Example:

Fame redounds to the heroes

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "redound" is one way to...):

return (return in kind)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

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