echo

Echo is defined as a sound repeating by sound wave reflection, having a lasting or far reaching impact, or repeating what someone else has said.

(verb)

An example of echo is the repeating of a sound created by footsteps in an empty marble hallway.
An example of echo is a new social program having a far reaching and lasting impact on society.
An example of echo is a teacher agreeing with and repeating what a parent says.

The definition of an echo is a sound that is repeating after the original sound ended.

(noun)

An example of an echo is the sound that comes back to you as a repeat of your own shout.

See echo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. echoes

1. the repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface
2. a sound so produced
1. any repetition or imitation of the words, style, ideas, etc. of another
2. a person who thus repeats or imitates
sympathetic response
Electronics a radar wave reflected from an object, appearing as a spot of light on a radarscope
Gr. Myth. a nymph who, because of her unreturned love for Narcissus, pines away until only her voice remains
Music
1. a soft repetition of a phrase
2. an organ stop for producing the effect of echo
Radio, TV the reception of two similar and almost simultaneous signals because one of them has been delayed slightly by reflection from the E layer in transmission

Origin: ME ecco < L echo < Gr ēchō < IE base *(s)waĝh-, var. of *wag-, to cry out > L vagire, OE swogan, to sound, roar

intransitive verb echoed, echoing

transitive verb

1. to repeat (another's words, ideas, etc.)
2. to repeat the words, etc. of (another person)
to repeat or reflect (sound) from a surface

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See echo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ech·oes

a. Repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface.
b. The sound produced in this manner.
A repetition or an imitation: a fashion that is an echo of an earlier style.
A remnant or vestige: found echoes of past civilizations while examining artifacts in the Middle East.
One who imitates another, as in opinions, speech, or dress.
A sympathetic response: Their demand for justice found an echo in communities across the nation.
A consequence or repercussion: Her resignation had echoes throughout the department.
Repetition of certain sounds or syllables in poetry, as in echo verse.
Music Soft repetition of a note or phrase.
Electronics A reflected wave received by a radio or radar.

verb ech·oed, ech·o·ing, ech·oes

verb, transitive

To repeat (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves from a surface.
To repeat or imitate: followers echoing the cries of their leader; events that echoed a previous incident in history.

verb, intransitive

To be repeated by or as if by an echo: The shout echoed off the wall. The speaker's words echoed in her mind.
To resound with or as if with an echo; reverberate: rooms echoing with laughter.

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin ēchō

Origin: , from Greek ēkhō

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