Repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface.
The sound produced in this manner.
A repetition or an imitation: a fashion that is an echo of an earlier style.
A remnant or vestige: found echoes of past civilizations while examining artifacts in the Middle East.
One who imitates another, as in opinions, speech, or dress.
A sympathetic response: Their demand for justice found an echo in communities across the nation.
A consequence or repercussion: Her resignation had echoes throughout the department.
Repetition of certain sounds or syllables in poetry, as in echo verse.
Music Soft repetition of a note or phrase.
Electronics A reflected wave received by a radio or radar.
v.
ech·oed, ech·o·ing, ech·oes
v.
tr.
To repeat (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves from a surface.
To repeat or imitate: followers echoing the cries of their leader; events that echoed a previous incident in history.
v.
intr.
To be repeated by or as if by an echo: The shout echoed off the wall. The speaker's words echoed in her mind.
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.
(ěk'ō) 