to redound

Examples

• All

• Marriage will presumably benefit gay men, as it has straight men, in ways redounding to the benefit of society generally.

  Academic text (2008)

• To whom the electoral advantage of this politicization will redound, however, is still not clear.

  Academic text (1992)

• Neither one will redound to your benefit.

  Blog text (10)

• I'm sorry, I know it sounds stupid, but too many negative things redound in my direction.

  Fiction book (1994)

• It can also redound to the glory of man.

  Tess (1979)

• This would seem to redound to my credit, since I was educated at Balliol.

  Fiction book (2000)

• So the failure to have any facilities redounds to her detriment.

• Even the most controversial American actions have had the effect of changing views in a way that benefits the United States and redounds to our national benefit.

  Academic text (2009)

• As Brutus knew, the diminution of state power by the courts would inevitably redound to the benefit of the national government generally.

  Academic text (1990)

• And so they're sticking with their guy, and that all redounds to Trump's benefit.

  Megyn Kelly

Synonyms

R

to reverberate

vsto redound

13 7.0

To have an effect that continues for a long time

affects a specific outcome often tied to a person's reputation or benefit

R

to reverberate through

vsto redound

4 7.2

Echo through a place or group and keep having an effect over time

affects a specific person's reputation or benefit rather than spreading everywhere

R

to repercuss

vsto redound

9.8

Cause a problem that spreads to other people or places

contribute to a specific outcome affecting reputation or benefit rather than spreading widely

How Influential

to determine

208 3.1

to influence

545 2.2

to affect

∞ 3.0

to redound

• Formal

3 9.8

contributing

22 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology