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Echo

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'echo', 'Echo': /ˈɛkəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɛkoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ek′ō)

Inflections of 'echo' (n): npl: echoes
Inflections of 'echo' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
echoes
v 3rd person singular
echoing
v pres p
echoed
v past
echoed
v past p

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Echo /ˈɛkəʊ/ n
  1. a nymph who, spurned by Narcissus, pined away until only her voice remained
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ech•o /ˈɛkoʊ/USA pronunciation   n., pl. ech•oes, v., ech•oed, ech•o•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves.
  2. a lingering trace or effect of something long past:The estate is a mere echo of its former splendor.

v. 
  1. [no object] (of a place) to give out the sound of an echo;
    resound with an echo: The hall echoed with cheers.
  2. 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.
  3. to repeat, copy, or imitate the words, sentiments, etc., of (a person):[~ + object]The candidate echoed his opponent in calling for lower taxes.
  4. to repeat, copy, or imitate (words, sentiments, etc.):[~ + object]He echoed my call for vigilance.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ech•o  (ek′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. ech•oes, v., ech•oed, ech•o•ing. 
n. 
  1. a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
  2. a sound heard again near its source after being reflected.
  3. any repetition or close imitation, as of the ideas or opinions of another.
  4. a person who reflects or imitates another.
  5. a sympathetic or identical response, as to sentiments expressed.
  6. a lingering trace or effect.
  7. Mythology(cap.) [Class. Myth.]a mountain nymph who pined away for love of the beautiful youth Narcissus until only her voice remained.
  8. 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.
  9. Electronicsthe reflection of a radio wave, as in radar or the like.
  10. (cap.) [U.S. Aerospace.]one of an early series of inflatable passive communications satellites.
  11. Telecommunicationsa word used in communications to represent the letter E.

v.i. 
  1. to emit an echo;
    resound with an echo:The hall echoed with cheers.
  2. to be repeated by or as by an echo:Shouts echoed through the street.

v.t. 
  1. to repeat by or as by an echo;
    emit an echo of:The hall echoes the faintest sounds.
  2. to repeat or imitate the words, sentiments, etc., of (a person).
  3. to repeat or imitate (words, sentiments, etc.).
  • Greek, akin to ēché̄ sound
  • Latin ēchō
  • Middle English ecco 1300–50
ech′o•er, n. 
ech′o•less, adj. 
    12. 13. 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
  2. a repetition or imitation, esp an unoriginal reproduction of another's opinions
  3. something that evokes memories, esp of a particular style or era
  4. (sometimes plural) an effect that continues after the original cause has disappeared; repercussion: the echoes of the French Revolution
  5. 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)
  1. to resound or cause to resound with an echo
  2. (intransitive) (of sounds) to repeat or resound by echoes; reverberate
  3. (transitive) (of persons) to repeat (words, opinions, etc), in imitation, agreement, or flattery
  4. (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
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