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echo - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'echo' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Echo [ n.]
- A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.
- Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
- A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.
- A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.
2 . Echo [ v. i.]
- To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.
3 . Echo [ v. t.]
- To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
- To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.

Meaning of 'echo' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . echo [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau;
  • Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man
Meaning (2):
- the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
Example in sentence:
  • she could hear echoes of her own footsteps
Meaning (3):
- an imitation or repetition
Example in sentence:
  • the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life
4 . echo [ v]
Meaning (4):
- to say again or imitate
Example in sentence:
  • followers echoing the cries of their leaders
Meaning (5):
- call to mind
Example in sentence:
  • His words echoed John F. Kennedy;
  • this remark evoked sadness
Meaning (6):
- ring or echo with sound
Example in sentence:
  • the hall resounded with laughter