echo | English to English Dictionary

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echo

('/E/k/oU/ )

the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves(noun.attribute)

Example:
She could hear echoes of her own footsteps.

Synonym:
replication, reverberation, sound reflection

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(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained(noun.person)

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a reply that repeats what has just been said(noun.communication)

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a reflected television or radio or radar beam(noun.attribute)

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a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.(noun.attribute)

Example:
His contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau.
Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man.

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an imitation or repetition(noun.act)

Example:
The flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life.

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A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.(noun)

source: webster1913
A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as played by some exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signaled for trumps.(noun)

source: webster1913

to say again or imitate(verb.communication)

Example:
Followers echoing the cries of their leaders.

Synonym:
repeat

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ring or echo with sound(verb.perception)

Synonym:
resound, reverberate, ring

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call to mind(verb.stative)

Example:
His words echoed John F. Kennedy.

Synonym:
evoke, paint a picture, recall, suggest

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To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.(verb)

source: webster1913
To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.(verb)

source: webster1913