redound
verb
re·dound
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redounded;
redounding;
redounds
Definition of redound
2
: to have an effect for good or ill
new power alignments which may or may not redound to the faculty's benefit— G. W. Bonham
3
: to become transferred or added : accrue
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But more important, there has never been an expansion of the investigatory or punitive power of the American security state which has redounded to the benefit of racial and religion minorities. — Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic, "Don’t Give the Government More Power to Fight White Terrorism," 7 Aug. 2019 That reality is straightforward: Any policy to reduce GHG emissions by definition must increase energy costs, and policymakers endorsing such policies would have to describe the benefits that supposedly would redound to the electorate. — Benjamin Zycher, National Review, "The Confusions of the ‘Conservative’ Carbon Tax," 8 July 2019 None of which—at first—seemed to have redounded negatively on her burgeoning social-media career. — Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine, "What We Do in the Shadows," 24 June 2019 This amounted to a formula for power: The greater the menace to the nation’s moral legitimacy, the more power redounded to the left. — Shelby Steele, WSJ, "Why the Left Is Consumed With Hate," 23 Sep. 2018 Stabilizing those loads will also redound to the benefit of the grid, which may eventually convince utilities to adopt the technology at a broader level. — David Roberts, Vox, "This technology could fundamentally change our relationship to electricity," 5 June 2018 Any development that diverts the public’s attention to health care — and thus, to the two parties’ disparate fiscal priorities — is likely to redound to the Democrats’ benefit. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Why Democrats Could See a Polling Boost Right Before the Midterms," 2 Apr. 2018 The regrettable attack on Nat (King) Cole in Birmingham by a band of hoodlums redounds to the everlasting discredit of those who foster race prejudice. — AL.com, "The night Nat King Cole was beaten on a Birmingham stage," 11 Jan. 2018 If anything, paychecks in desirable jobs would be free to shrink to honorarium size, and choice opportunity would again redound to the rich, for whom the shrinkage would not mean very much. — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, "Who Really Stands to Win from Universal Basic Income?," 24 Mar. 2014These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'redound.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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redound
verb
English Language Learners Definition of redound
formal
: to have a particular result
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