Echo Definition
ĕkō
echoed, echoes, echoing
noun
echoes
The repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface.
Webster's New World
A sound so produced.
Webster's New World
Any repetition or imitation of the words, style, ideas, etc. of another.
Webster's New World
A person who thus repeats or imitates.
Webster's New World
A remnant or vestige.
Found echoes of past civilizations while examining artifacts in the Middle East.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- parrot
- imitator
- mimic
- sound reflection
- reverberation
- replication
- repercussion
- sonar
- reverberation. associated word: catacoustics
- resonance
- polyphony
- asdic
- repetition
- imitation
- reflex
verb
echoed, echoes, echoing
To repeat (another's words, ideas, etc.)
Webster's New World
To repeat or imitate.
Followers echoing the cries of their leader; events that echoed a previous incident in history.
American Heritage
To repeat the words, etc. of (another person)
Webster's New World
To repeat or reflect (sound) from a surface.
Webster's New World
To resound with an echo; reverberate.
Webster's New World
pronoun
Origin of Echo
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From Middle English ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhō), from ἠχή (ēkhē, “sound”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Latin ēchō from Greek ēkhō
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek Ἠχώ (Ēkhō, “sound”).
From Wiktionary
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