(of light or an image) To bend back or mirror
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Plural for a sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener
“I thought, perhaps, I had been making the noise and was hearing my own echo bounce off the trees.”
Plural for a low rumbling or reverberating sound or noise
“She was about to make her way home when she heard the low echo of voices.”
Plural for a close parallel to an idea, feeling, or event
“And in an echo of past events in Britain, thousands of civil servants will be made redundant over the next two years.”
Plural for a characteristic that is suggestive of something else
“The situation has an echo of Riemann's classical work on gas dynamics.”
Plural for someone who copies the behaviour or actions of another
Plural for a loud, deep resounding noise
Plural for an underlying feeling or trend, especially one that is contrary to the prevalent atmosphere
Plural for a verbal or written answer
Plural for something that occurs or is done again
Plural for the resultant occurrence
Plural for a slight trace or vestige of something
Plural for the repetition of consonants at the beginning of words immediately succeeding each other
Plural for the visual image formed by an echocardiograph
Plural for thinking or behaving that is oppositional to previous or established modes of thought and behavior
Plural for that which is heard by one's ears
To resound or reverberate with (a sound or sounds)
“I know how the sounds echo off the walls of the white cliffs with coyotes chiming in close by.”
To repeat (someone's words or opinions), typically to express agreement
“His recent remarks echo what he said in October during an interview with Forbes.”
To be similar to in appearance or structure
“The interactions between the characters echo the works of Dorothy Dunnett.”
To simulate, imitate, or make a replica of
To repeat what was previously said or expressed
To say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity
To evoke a memory or thought
To make or be an exact copy of
To correspond to, or to be similar to
To say again
To respond to something someone has said or written
To tell someone about something that has happened
(of light or an image) To bend back or mirror
To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction
To speak or say something in unison or at the same time
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