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:ReflectionReflexionReflectivitya 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:AnalogParallelAnaloguean imitation or repetition
“the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life”
Type of:Imitationa reflected television or radio or radar beam
Type of:ReflexionReflectionReflectivitya 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
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