echo

UK: 'echo', 'Echo': /ˈɛkəʊ/ US: /ˈɛkoʊ/ ,(ek′ō)

Inflections of 'echo' (n): npl: echoes

Inflections of 'echo' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

echoes

v 3rd person singular

echoing

v pres p

echoed

v past

echoed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ech•o /ˈɛkoʊ/   n., pl. ech•oes, v., ech•oed, ech•o•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves.
2. a lingering trace or effect of something long past:
   The estate is a mere echo of its former splendor.

v. 

3. [no object] (of a place) to give out the sound of an echo;
   resound with an echo:
   The hall echoed with cheers.
4. to repeat or be repeated by or as if by an echo: [no object]
   Cheers echoed in the hall.
   [~ + object]
   The hall echoes the faintest sounds.
5. to repeat, copy, or imitate the words, sentiments, etc., of (a person):
   [~ + object] The candidate echoed his opponent in calling for lower taxes.
6. to repeat, copy, or imitate (words, sentiments, etc.):
   [~ + object] He echoed my call for vigilance.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ech•o  (ek′ō), n., pl. ech•oes, v., ech•oed, ech•o•ing. 
n. 

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. Mythology (cap.) [Class. Myth.] a mountain nymph who pined away for love of the beautiful youth Narcissus until only her voice remained.
8. Games [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. (cap.) [U.S. Aerospace.] one of an early series of inflatable passive communications satellites.
11. Telecommunications a word used in communications to represent the letter E.

v.i. 

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.

v.t. 

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.).

• Greek, akin to ēché̄ sound
• Latin ēchō
• Middle English ecco 1300–50

ech′o•er, n. 
ech′o•less, adj. 
Synonyms

• 12, 13. ring, reverberate.

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echo / ˈɛkəʊ/ noun ( -oes)

1. the reflection of sound or other radiation by a reflecting medium, esp a solid object
2. the sound so reflected
3. a repetition or imitation, esp an unoriginal reproduction of another's opinions
4. something that evokes memories, esp of a particular style or era
5. (sometimes plural) an effect that continues after the original cause has disappeared; repercussion: the echoes of the French Revolution
6. a person who copies another, esp one who obsequiously agrees with another's opinions
7. the signal reflected by a radar target
8. the trace produced by such a signal on a radar screen

verb ( -oes, -oing, -oed)

1. to resound or cause to resound with an echo
2. (intransitive) (of sounds) to repeat or resound by echoes; reverberate
3. (transitive) (of persons) to repeat (words, opinions, etc), in imitation, agreement, or flattery
4. (transitive) (of things) to resemble or imitate (another style, earlier model, etc)

Etymology: 14th Century: via Latin from Greek ēkhō; related to Greek ēkhē sound

ˈechoing adjective

ˈecholess adjective

ˈecho-ˌlike adjective

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Echo / ˈɛkəʊ/ noun

1. a nymph who, spurned by Narcissus, pined away until only her voice remained