Echium vulgare
Echium vulgare

echo


Definition: Meaning of, echo in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɛkəʊ /

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echo echoed echoed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
echoing echoes
  1. [intransitive] if a sound echoes, you hear it again because it was made near something such as a wall or hill
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  2. [intransitive] if a place echoes, it is filled with sounds that are repeated or are similar to each other
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  3. [transitive] literary to repeat what someone else has just said
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  4. [transitive] to repeat an idea or opinion because you agree with it
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echo echoes
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  1. a sound that you hear again after a loud noise, because it was made near something such as a wall
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  2. something that is very similar to something that has happened or been said before
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Echo


Definition: Meaning of, Echo in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɛkəʊ /

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  1. Greek mythology a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
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Echo used in phrases

  • echo chamber (noun)
    1. an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound
  • echo sounder (noun)
    1. a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
  • echo sounding (noun)
    1. determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
  • radar echo (noun)
    1. an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object
  • re-echo (noun)
    1. the echo of an echo
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