Proper Pronunciation Guide

reverberated

[rə vɝ bɚe͜i əd]

Pronounce the first letter “e” as the weak schwa vowel
/ə/.
Pronounce the first pair of letters “er” as the strong R-Vowel
/ɝ/ and stress them.
Pronounce the second pair of letters “er,” similarly, as the weak R-Vowel
/ɚ/ .
Pronounce the letter “a” like the name of the letter itself—
/e͜i/.
Use the consonant glide
/r/ to link from the third to the fourth syllable—from
/ɚ/ to
/e͜i/.
The letter “t” may be pronounced as a lightly tapped
/d/ in quick speech.

	The sound of the dynamite blasting reverberated up and down the valley for many miles.
	The high oil prices and the mortgage crisis reverberated throughout the economy.

(past tense and past participle of reverberate) Usually of sound: to echo or bounce off hard substances, such as walls or hills, many times, vibrating, resounding, and reinforcing itself. Figuratively, to reinforce and magnify anything through successive repetitions and their cumulative effects on itself as well as on other related things (as shown in the second practice sentence).