ech·o
ech·o/ˈekō/
noun
- a sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener."the walls threw back the echoes of his footsteps"synonyms: reverberation, reverberating, reflection, resounding, ringing, repetition, repeat, reiteration, answer
- a close parallel or repetition of an idea, feeling, style, or event."his love for her found an echo in her own feelings"synonyms: duplicate, copy, replica, facsimile, reproduction, imitation, exact/close likeness, mirror image, twin, double, clone, match, mate, fellow, counterpart, parallel, lookalike, spitting image, ringer, dead ringer
- a person who slavishly repeats the words or opinions of another."Clarendon, whom they reckoned the faithful echo of their master's intentions"
- a code word representing the letter E, used in radio communication.
- a play by a defender of a higher card in a suit followed by a lower one in a subsequent trick, used as a signal to request a further lead of that suit by their partner.
verb
- (of a sound) be repeated or reverberate after the original sound has stopped."their footsteps echoed on the metal catwalks"
- (of an object, movement, or event) be reminiscent of or have shared characteristics with."a blue suit that echoed the color of her eyes"
- send a copy of (an input signal or character) back to its source or to a screen for display."for security reasons, the password will not be echoed to the screen"
- (of a defender) play a higher card followed by a lower one in the same suit, as a signal to request one's partner to lead that suit.
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1. a : the repetition of a sound caused by reflection of sound waves b : the sound due to such reflection 2. a : a repetition or imitation of another : ...
echo verb (MAKE SOUNDS) ... to fill a place with repeating sounds, or to be filled with these sounds: The sound of footsteps echoed through the hall.
verb (used with object) · to repeat by or as by an echo; emit an echo of: The hall echoes the faintest sounds. · to repeat or imitate the words, sentiments, etc ...
An echo is a sound caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall. He listened and heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice in the cave. ...
1. a sound that is a copy of another sound and that is produced when sound waves bounce off a surface (such as a wall)
the reflecting of sound off a wall or inside a particular space so that a noise appears to be repeated; a sound that is reflected back in this way.
Sep 7, 2024 · 1. as in to sound to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves my calls for help echoed off the walls of the abandoned mine shaft.
In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound.
[intransitive, transitive] to send back and repeat a sound; to be full of a sound synonym reverberate The whole house echoed.