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ech⋅o

  [ek-oh] noun, plural ech⋅oes, verb, ech⋅oed, ech⋅o⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
2. a sound heard again near its source after being reflected.
3. any repetition or close imitation, as of the ideas or opinions of another.
4. a person who reflects or imitates another.
5. a sympathetic or identical response, as to sentiments expressed.
6. a lingering trace or effect.
7. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a mountain nymph who pined away for love of the beautiful youth Narcissus until only her voice remained.
8. Cards. the play of a high card and then a low card in the suit led by one's partner as a signal to continue leading the suit, as in bridge, or to lead a trump, as in whist.
9. Electronics. the reflection of a radio wave, as in radar or the like.
10. (initial capital letter) U.S. Aerospace. one of an early series of inflatable passive communications satellites.
11. a word used in communications to represent the letter E.
–verb (used without object)
12. to emit an echo; resound with an echo: The hall echoed with cheers.
13. to be repeated by or as by an echo: Shouts echoed through the street.
–verb (used with object)
14. to repeat by or as by an echo; emit an echo of: The hall echoes the faintest sounds.
15. to repeat or imitate the words, sentiments, etc., of (a person).
16. to repeat or imitate (words, sentiments, etc.).
Origin:
1300–50; ME ecco < L ēchō < Gk, akin to ēch sound

Related forms:
ech⋅o⋅er, noun
ech⋅o⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
12, 13. ring, reverberate.
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ech·o   (ěk'ō)   
n.   pl. ech·oes
    1. Repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface.
    2. The sound produced in this manner.
  2. A repetition or an imitation: a fashion that is an echo of an earlier style.
  3. A remnant or vestige: found echoes of past civilizations while examining artifacts in the Middle East.
  4. One who imitates another, as in opinions, speech, or dress.
  5. A sympathetic response: Their demand for justice found an echo in communities across the nation.
  6. A consequence or repercussion: Her resignation had echoes throughout the department.
  7. Repetition of certain sounds or syllables in poetry, as in echo verse.
  8. Music Soft repetition of a note or phrase.
  9. Electronics A reflected wave received by a radio or radar.
v.   ech·oed, ech·o·ing, ech·oes

v.   tr.
  1. To repeat (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves from a surface.
  2. To repeat or imitate: followers echoing the cries of their leader; events that echoed a previous incident in history.
v.   intr.
  1. To be repeated by or as if by an echo: The shout echoed off the wall. The speaker's words echoed in her mind.
  2. To resound with or as if with an echo; reverberate: rooms echoing with laughter.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ēchō, from Greek ēkhō.]
ech'o·er n., ech'o·ey adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to send back the sound of: a cry echoed by the canyon; a cathedral roof reechoing joyous hymns; caves that reflect the noise of footsteps; cliffs resounding the thunder of the ocean; blasting reverberated by quarry walls.
Ech·o   (ěk'ō)   
n.   Greek Mythology
A nymph whose unrequited love for Narcissus caused her to pine away until nothing but her voice remained.
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Echo

Ech"o\, n.; pl. Echoes. [L. echo, Gr. ? echo, sound, akin to ?, ?, sound, noise; cf. Skr. v[=a]? to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. ['e]cho.]

1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

The babbling echo mocks the hounds. --Shak.

The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. --Pope.

2. Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. --Fuller.

Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. --R. L. Stevenson.

3. (a) (Myth. & Poetic) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.

Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell. --Milton. (b) (Gr. Myth.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.

Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch. --Milton.

Echo organ (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell.

Echo stop (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound.

To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. --M. Arnold.

I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. --Shak.

Echo

Ech"o\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Echoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Echoing. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. Echoes.]

1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.

Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. --Dryden.

The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. --Keble.

2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.

They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they ?nvied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them. --Macaulay.

Echo

Ech"o\, v. i. To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. "Echoing noise." --Blackmore.

Echo

Ech"o\, n.; pl. Echoes. [L. echo, Gr. ? echo.] (Whist) (a) 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. (b) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
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Language Translation for : echo
Spanish: eco,
German: das Echo,
Japanese: 反響
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echo

[FidoNet] n. A topic group on FidoNet's echomail system. Compare newsgroup.
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echo 
1340, from L. echo, from Gk. echo, personified as a mountain nymph, from ekhe "sound." The verb is from 1559; echolocation is from 1944. ECHO virus (1955) is an acronym for enteric cytopathogenic human orphan, "orphan" because when discovered they were not known to cause any disease.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: echo
Pronunciation: 'ek-(")O
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ech·oes also echos
1 : therepetition of a sound that is caused by reflection of sound waves
2 : the sound that is due to reflection of sound waves —echo verb ech·oed;echo·ing /'ek-(")O-i[ng], 'ek-&-wi[ng]/

Main Entry: echo
Function: abbreviation
echocardiogram; echocardiography
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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echo   (ěk'ō)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. A repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. The sound is heard more than once because of the time difference between the initial production of the sound waves and their return from the reflecting surface.
  2. A wave that carries a signal and is reflected. Echoes of radio signals (carried by electromagnetic waves) are used in radar to detect the location or velocity of distant objects.

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echo
1. A topic group on FidoNet's echomail system.
Compare newsgroup.
2. A Unix command that just prints its arguments.
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ECHO
  1. Each Community Helps Others
  2. Exchange Clearing House
  3. Expo Collectors and Historians Organization
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