echonoun [ C ]
uk/ˈek.əʊ/us/ˈek.oʊ/plural echoesecho noun [ C ] (SOUND)
C2 a sound that is heard after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff:
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- You could hear the echo of footsteps in the stairwell of the building.
- He shouted into the mouth of the cave and waited for the echo.
- Bats have very poor eyesight but they use echoes to locate objects in the dark.
- There's nobody down the well - it's the echo of your own voice you are hearing.
- It was quite spooky when a second later the echo could be heard repeating down the valley.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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echo noun [ C ] (SIMILAR DETAIL)
a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else:
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Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- retrospect
- ring a bell idiom
- shade
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- take sb back
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echoverb
uk/ˈek.əʊ/us/ˈek.oʊ/echo verb (SOUND)
C2 [ I ] If a sound echoes or a place echoes with a sound, you hear the sound again because you are in a large, empty space:
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- My voice echoed around the hall.
- A heavy artillery barrage echoed through the night.
- A loud bang echoed through the district.
- Sobbing and screaming echoed round the small space.
- Charities and aid agencies have all echoed this view.
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Sound & its properties
- acoustic
- anti-noise
- audio
- decibel
- HD
- high def
- high definition
- high def
- loud
- mono
- noise
- quadraphonic
- resonant
- silken
- sound
- sound wave
- soundproof
- thunder
- trill
- ultrasonic
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echo verb (SIMILAR DETAILS)
C2 [ T ] to repeat details that are similar to, and make you think of, something else:
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Saying again
- circle
- drum
- flog
- flog sth to death idiom
- go/run around in circles idiom
- go/run round in circles idiom
- hammer
- inculcate
- indoctrinate
- labour the point idiom
- not hear the end/last of sth idiom
- parrot-fashion
- rake
- recapitulate
- regurgitate
- reiterate
- retweet
- tautology
- trot
- wheel
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