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redound

[ ri-dound ]

verb (used without object)

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In or during the next month​

More about proximo

• to have a good or bad effect or result, as to the advantage or disadvantage of a person or thing.

• to result or accrue, as to a person.

• to come back or reflect upon a person as to honor or disgrace (usually followed by on or upon ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of redound

1350–1400; Middle English redounden < Middle French redonder < Latin redundāre to overflow, equivalent to red- red- + undāre to surge (derivative of unda wave; undulate ); redundant

Examples of Proximo

• These kinds of arguments over terminology can get ugly quickly, but what's unusual in this case is that they're redounding to the left's benefit. - From Salon

• "But there is a solution and a solution that can deliver for their constituents, many of whom are public sector workers, in a way that I think would redound to their credit." - From BBC

• It’s about the benefit that redounded to the U.S. military because of a pervasive bias against women in the field of mathematics. - From Scientific American

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