echo

IPA: ˈɛkoʊ

A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
An utterance repeating what has just been said.
(poetry) A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
(figurative) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
(computing) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
(computing) An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.
(whist, bridge) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
(whist, bridge) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people.
(Greek mythology) An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.
(astronomy) 60 Echo, a main belt asteroid.
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
(medicine, colloquial, uncountable) Clipping of echocardiography. [(medicine) The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.]
(medicine, colloquial, countable) Clipping of echocardiogram. [(medicine) The visual image formed by an echocardiograph.]

(intransitive) Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
(intransitive, figuratively) Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate.
(transitive) To reflect back (a sound).
(transitive, figuratively) To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).
(computing, transitive) To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
(intransitive, whist, bridge) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.

Examples of "echo" in Sentences

The rolling echo is quickly absorbed by the vastness of this place.
These sound waves echo from the body to create an image in a computer.
(and a title echo) with the tale of a small-town girl falling in love with a drifter who has a hairy past.
I am aware of the upcoming mess and -- oh what's that word ... * cacophony* that will echo from the stairwell throughout the house.
Luckily, I found this script from Travis: @echo off echo * IMPORTANT* echo This will kill all open instances of Notepad. echo To cancel, end this batch file now (ctrl+c), ...
Most of the left and right live in echo chambers where their rhetoric can become ever more extreme and slanted and such extremism gets cheered and supported by likeminded people.
I will do my best to quote, but the essence of his message was not an echo from the day's rally, but the Doppler Effect that preceded 90% of the people in the room and the Stewart/Colbert Rally.
Those who support the name echo the argument made by fans of other teams with American Indian mascots - that it is part of the school's heritage and is a sign of respect that honors proud American Indian traditions.
But after a week or two of negative reviews of his performance from commentators across the political spectrum - this is the sort of thing that begets the term "echo chamber" - the debate's effect on Mr. Perry was very much amplified, and he lost 10 or 15 points in the polls.