English dictionary

echo

/'/E/k/oU/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

noun.attribute

Examples
She could hear echoes of her own footsteps.

Synonyms replication reverberation sound reflection

Source: WordNet 3.0
(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
a reply that repeats what has just been said

noun.communication

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a reflected television or radio or radar beam

noun.attribute

Source: WordNet 3.0
a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.

noun.attribute

Examples
His contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau.

Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man.

Source: WordNet 3.0
an imitation or repetition

noun.act

Examples
The flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life.

Source: WordNet 3.0
A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

noun

Source: webster1913
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 signaled for trumps.

noun

Source: webster1913

to say again or imitate

verb.communication

Examples
Followers echoing the cries of their leaders.

Synonyms repeat

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ring or echo with sound

verb.perception

Synonyms resound reverberate ring

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call to mind

verb.stative

Examples
His words echoed John F. Kennedy.

Synonyms evoke paint a picture recall suggest

Source: WordNet 3.0
To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.

verb

Source: webster1913
To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall <i>echoed</i> with acclamations.

verb

Source: webster1913