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.
- 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.