Englishecho
plural echoes also echos
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves: the sound due to such reflection
- : a repetition or imitation of another : reflection: response
- : one who closely imitates or repeats another's words, ideas, or acts
- : a soft repetition of a musical phrase
- : the repetition of a received radio signal due especially to reflection of part of the wave from an ionized layer of the atmosphere: the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object: the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope
verb
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : to resound with echoes
- : to produce an echo
- transitive verb
- : to restate in support or agreement //his successor echoed his opinion: to be reminiscent of : evoke //music that echoes an earlier time
- : to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves
Examples
Noun
- //We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.
- //the echo of footsteps in the hall
- //His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.
- //The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.
Verb
- //The music echoed through the church.
- //Laughter echoed across the lake.
- //Their voices echoed in the hall.
- //His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.
- //“It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed.
- //Others have echoed her criticisms.
- //The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aVerb
circa 1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English ecco, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo, from Latin, from Greek ēchō; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek ēchē soundecho
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
noun
Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way //a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up
- a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished //a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization
echo
plural echoes also echos
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves: the sound due to such reflection
- : a repetition or imitation of another : reflection: response
- : one who closely imitates or repeats another's words, ideas, or acts
- : a soft repetition of a musical phrase
- : the repetition of a received radio signal due especially to reflection of part of the wave from an ionized layer of the atmosphere: the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object: the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope
verb
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : to resound with echoes
- : to produce an echo
- transitive verb
- : to restate in support or agreement //his successor echoed his opinion: to be reminiscent of : evoke //music that echoes an earlier time
- : to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves
Examples
Noun
- //We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.
- //the echo of footsteps in the hall
- //His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.
- //The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.
Verb
- //The music echoed through the church.
- //Laughter echoed across the lake.
- //Their voices echoed in the hall.
- //His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.
- //“It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed.
- //Others have echoed her criticisms.
- //The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aVerb
circa 1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English ecco, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo, from Latin, from Greek ēchō; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek ēchē soundecho
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
noun
Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way //a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up
- a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished //a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization
echo
plural echoes also echos
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves: the sound due to such reflection
- : a repetition or imitation of another : reflection: response
- : one who closely imitates or repeats another's words, ideas, or acts
- : a soft repetition of a musical phrase
- : the repetition of a received radio signal due especially to reflection of part of the wave from an ionized layer of the atmosphere: the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object: the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope
verb
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : to resound with echoes
- : to produce an echo
- transitive verb
- : to restate in support or agreement //his successor echoed his opinion: to be reminiscent of : evoke //music that echoes an earlier time
- : to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves
Examples
Noun
- //We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.
- //the echo of footsteps in the hall
- //His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.
- //The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.
Verb
- //The music echoed through the church.
- //Laughter echoed across the lake.
- //Their voices echoed in the hall.
- //His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.
- //“It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed.
- //Others have echoed her criticisms.
- //The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aVerb
circa 1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English ecco, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo, from Latin, from Greek ēchō; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek ēchē soundecho
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
noun
Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way //a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up
- a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished //a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization
echo
plural echoes also echos
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves: the sound due to such reflection
- : a repetition or imitation of another : reflection: response
- : one who closely imitates or repeats another's words, ideas, or acts
- : a soft repetition of a musical phrase
- : the repetition of a received radio signal due especially to reflection of part of the wave from an ionized layer of the atmosphere: the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object: the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope
verb
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : to resound with echoes
- : to produce an echo
- transitive verb
- : to restate in support or agreement //his successor echoed his opinion: to be reminiscent of : evoke //music that echoes an earlier time
- : to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves
Examples
Noun
- //We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.
- //the echo of footsteps in the hall
- //His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.
- //The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.
Verb
- //The music echoed through the church.
- //Laughter echoed across the lake.
- //Their voices echoed in the hall.
- //His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.
- //“It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed.
- //Others have echoed her criticisms.
- //The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aVerb
circa 1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English ecco, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo, from Latin, from Greek ēchō; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek ēchē soundecho
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
noun
Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way //a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up
- a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished //a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization
echo
plural echoes also echos
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves: the sound due to such reflection
- : a repetition or imitation of another : reflection: response
- : one who closely imitates or repeats another's words, ideas, or acts
- : a soft repetition of a musical phrase
- : the repetition of a received radio signal due especially to reflection of part of the wave from an ionized layer of the atmosphere: the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object: the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope
verb
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : to resound with echoes
- : to produce an echo
- transitive verb
- : to restate in support or agreement //his successor echoed his opinion: to be reminiscent of : evoke //music that echoes an earlier time
- : to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves
Examples
Noun
- //We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.
- //the echo of footsteps in the hall
- //His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.
- //The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.
Verb
- //The music echoed through the church.
- //Laughter echoed across the lake.
- //Their voices echoed in the hall.
- //His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.
- //“It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed.
- //Others have echoed her criticisms.
- //The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aVerb
circa 1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English ecco, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo, from Latin, from Greek ēchō; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek ēchē soundecho
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
noun
Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way //a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up
- a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished //a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization
echo
plural echoes also echos
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
- : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves: the sound due to such reflection
- : a repetition or imitation of another : reflection: response
- : one who closely imitates or repeats another's words, ideas, or acts
- : a soft repetition of a musical phrase
- : the repetition of a received radio signal due especially to reflection of part of the wave from an ionized layer of the atmosphere: the reflection of transmitted radar signals by an object: the visual indication of this reflection on a radarscope
verb
Definition (Entry 2 of 2)
- intransitive verb
- : to resound with echoes
- : to produce an echo
- transitive verb
- : to restate in support or agreement //his successor echoed his opinion: to be reminiscent of : evoke //music that echoes an earlier time
- : to send back (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves
Examples
Noun
- //We shouted into the canyon and listened to the echo of our voices.
- //the echo of footsteps in the hall
- //His work contains echoes of older and greater poets.
- //The book's title is an echo of a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.
Verb
- //The music echoed through the church.
- //Laughter echoed across the lake.
- //Their voices echoed in the hall.
- //His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field.
- //“It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed.
- //Others have echoed her criticisms.
- //The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song.
- //The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1aVerb
circa 1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1History and Etymology
Noun
Middle English ecco, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French echo, from Latin, from Greek ēchō; akin to Latin vagire to wail, Greek ēchē soundecho
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
noun
Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way //a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up
- a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished //a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization