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echo

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noun (1)

plural echoes also echos
1
a
: the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves
b
: the sound due to such reflection
2
a
: a repetition or imitation of another : reflection
c
d
3
: one who closely imitates or repeats another's words, ideas, or acts
4
: a soft repetition of a musical phrase
5
a
: the repetition of a received radio signal due especially to reflection of part of the wave from an ionized layer of the atmosphere
b(1)
: the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object
(2)
: the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope
echoey adjective

echo

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verb

echoed; echoing ˈe-(ˌ)kō-iŋ How to pronounce echo (audio)
ˈe-kə-wiŋ

intransitive verb

1
: to resound with echoes
2
: to produce an echo

transitive verb

1
a
: repeat, imitate
children echoing their teacher's words
b
: to restate in support or agreement
his successor echoed his opinion
c
: to be reminiscent of : evoke
music that echoes an earlier time
2
: to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves

Echo

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noun (2)

: a nymph in Greek mythology who pines away for love of Narcissus until nothing is left of her but her voice

Echo

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communications code word

used as a code word for the letter e

Example Sentences

Noun (1) We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices. the echo of footsteps in the hall His work contains echoes of older and greater poets. The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song. The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago. Verb The music echoed through the church. Laughter echoed across the lake. Their voices echoed in the hall. His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field. “It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed. Others have echoed her criticisms. The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song. The crime echoes last year's shocking murders. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Godard was also one of the crucial media artists of the sixties, who, no less than the Beatles or Andy Warhol, recognized the echo effects of celebrity and art, and united them in his cinematically and socially transformative activities. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022 The comments echo remarks made last month by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. Will Horner, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 That thinking finds an echo in Marta Buriak, an urban planner in Lviv. Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2022 However, Copi and his colleagues found that when gravitational waves scatter off the curvature of spacetime caused by objects, scientists can register faint signals from this echo effect, called glints. Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022 No one seemed to notice a far more poignant echo of the English past. Fintan O’toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 There's also Qualcomm's AI Engine, which provides access to an always-on voice assistant while also offering echo and background noise suppression. Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 6 Sep. 2022 The sedimentary layers banding the rock were a reminder that the Aral’s retreat is a small-scale echo of a more titanic draining. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Her passion for the song shines through on the three-minute reworking of the hit, which adds a springy disco beat, a touch of cavernous echo, and warm synths to the original. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2022
Verb
Simple linens dress the bed and echo the colors and patterns in the area rug. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2022 While concerns about data set quality and bias echo strongly among some AI researchers, the Internet remains the largest source of images with metadata attached. Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2022 Bandimere Speedway: At a track tucked against a hillside near Denver, hear an NHRA nitro Funny Car echo off a canyon. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2022 Her words echo what psychologist András Norbert Zsidó of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Pécs in Hungary has found in his studies of snake fears. Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022 Swonk’s comments echo statements made by Loreta Mester, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, at an event organized by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. Will Daniel, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2022 Most of those who live in the Bronx are people of color, according to the U.S. Census, and the issues the borough experiences with heat echo those in similar communities nationwide. Li Cohen, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022 Signals that rising prices are inflicting serious pain on families echo across the Sun Belt. New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 Airlines' moves to go supersonic echo a previous attempt to do the same. Tom Costello, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English ecco, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo, from Latin, from Greek ēchō; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek ēchē sound

Noun (2)

Greek Ēchō

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun (2)

1595, in the meaning defined above

Communications Code Word

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of echo was in the 14th century

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