Echo

verb
'ɛkoʊ

Noun

  • the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

    she could hear echoes of her own footsteps

    Type of:ReflectionReflexionReflectivity
  • a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.

    his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau

    Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man

    Type of:AnalogParallelAnalogue
  • an imitation or repetition

    the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life

    Type of:Imitation
  • a reflected television or radio or radar beam

    Type of:ReflexionReflectionReflectivity
  • a reply that repeats what has just been said

    Type of:ResponseReply
  • (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained

    Type of:Nymph

Verb

  • call to mind

    His words echoed John F. Kennedy

    Similar:Recall
    Type of:Resemble
  • to say again or imitate

    followers echoing the cries of their leaders

    Similar:Repeat
    Type of:EmitUtter
  • ring or echo with sound

    Type of:GoSound

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