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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ech•o /ˈɛkoʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. ech•oes, v., ech•oed, ech•o•ing. n. [countable] - a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves.
- a lingering trace or effect of something long past:The estate is a mere echo of its former splendor.
v. - [no object] (of a place) to give out the sound of an echo;
resound with an echo: The hall echoed with cheers. - to repeat or be repeated by or as if by an echo: [no object]Cheers echoed in the hall.[~ + object]The hall echoes the faintest sounds.
- to repeat, copy, or imitate the words, sentiments, etc., of (a person):[~ + object]The candidate echoed his opponent in calling for lower taxes.
- to repeat, copy, or imitate (words, sentiments, etc.):[~ + object]He echoed my call for vigilance.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ech•o (ek′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. ech•oes, v., ech•oed, ech•o•ing. n. - a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- a sound heard again near its source after being reflected.
- any repetition or close imitation, as of the ideas or opinions of another.
- a person who reflects or imitates another.
- a sympathetic or identical response, as to sentiments expressed.
- a lingering trace or effect.
- Mythology(cap.) [Class. Myth.]a mountain nymph who pined away for love of the beautiful youth Narcissus until only her voice remained.
- Games[Cards.]the play of a high card and then a low card in the suit led by one's partner as a signal to continue leading the suit, as in bridge, or to lead a trump, as in whist.
- Electronicsthe reflection of a radio wave, as in radar or the like.
- (cap.) [U.S. Aerospace.]one of an early series of inflatable passive communications satellites.
- Telecommunicationsa word used in communications to represent the letter E.
v.i. - to emit an echo;
resound with an echo:The hall echoed with cheers. - to be repeated by or as by an echo:Shouts echoed through the street.
v.t. - to repeat by or as by an echo;
emit an echo of:The hall echoes the faintest sounds. - to repeat or imitate the words, sentiments, etc., of (a person).
- to repeat or imitate (words, sentiments, etc.).
- Greek, akin to ēché̄ sound
- Latin ēchō
- Middle English ecco 1300–50
- 12, 13.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ring, reverberate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: echo /ˈɛkəʊ/ n ( pl -oes)- the reflection of sound or other radiation by a reflecting medium, esp a solid object
- the sound so reflected
- a repetition or imitation, esp an unoriginal reproduction of another's opinions
- something that evokes memories, esp of a particular style or era
- (sometimes plural) an effect that continues after the original cause has disappeared; repercussion: the echoes of the French Revolution
- a person who copies another, esp one who obsequiously agrees with another's opinions
- the signal reflected by a radar target
- the trace produced by such a signal on a radar screen
vb ( -oes, -oing, -oed)- to resound or cause to resound with an echo
- (intransitive) (of sounds) to repeat or resound by echoes; reverberate
- (transitive) (of persons) to repeat (words, opinions, etc), in imitation, agreement, or flattery
- (transitive) (of things) to resemble or imitate (another style, earlier model, etc)
Etymology: 14th Century: via Latin from Greek ēkhō; related to Greek ēkhē soundˈechoing adj ˈecholess adj ˈecho-ˌlike adj |