echo

IPA: ˈɛkoʊ

noun

  • 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.]

verb

  • (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.
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Examples of "echo" in Sentences

  • The local newspaper is The Echo.
  • The echos of misery tend to shout.
  • Echoes of cries reverberate in my heart.
  • A thunderous voice echoes around the hall.
  • My echo was resounding in the empty building.
  • The echoes of the sound of drums ride the wind.
  • I echo the comments on the quality of the article.
  • It is simply the echo chamber of the global Spectacle.
  • Formally, the conventions of the film echo the thriller.
  • The metallic sound of the blows on the box began to echo as before.

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