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English to English noun
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the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves |  | Example: she could hear echoes of her own footsteps
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(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained | | source: wordnet30
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a reply that repeats what has just been said | | source: wordnet30
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a reflected television or radio or radar beam | | source: wordnet30
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a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc. | | Example: his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau
Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man
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an imitation or repetition | | Example: the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life
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A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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to say again or imitate | | Example: followers echoing the cries of their leaders
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ring or echo with sound | | Example: the hall resounded with laughter
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call to mind | | Example: His words echoed John F. Kennedy
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To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. | | source: webster1913
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To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. | | source: webster1913
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