echo

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'echo', 'Echo': /ˈɛkəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɛkoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ekō)

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

Collocations for "echo"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "echo" in context.

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echo

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. can hear an echo on the [line, phone line, telephone]
  2. there's an echo on the [line]
  3. could hear echoes in the [tunnel, hills, passage]
  4. echoes [reverberated, rebounded] inside (the tunnel)
  5. could hear the echo of footsteps [in the hall, outside]
  6. could hear the echo off the [walls, mountain]
  7. the echo of his [voice, words, footsteps]
  8. echoes produced by [sound waves, radar beams]
  9. echoes along the [corridor, hall, passage]
  10. don't worry, it was just an echo
  11. use echo on the [song, track, music, record]
  12. the [song, segment, voice] has too much echo
  13. in an echo of last [week's, month's] events
  14. found an echo of his [ideas, thoughts, feelings] in
  15. is a mere echo of [its former splendor, her former self]
  16. can see echoes of [Gaudi, Victorian, colonial] styling in
  17. the [Liverpool, South Wales, Epping] Echo
v
  1. echo across the [canyon, ravine]
  2. echo off the walls
  3. [her voice, the music, the birdsong] echoed off the mountains
  4. echoed in the [tunnel, empty room]
  5. echo [loudly, quietly]
  6. echo what he has said
  7. his voice echoed through the [cave, night, dark]
  8. echoes my own [concerns, thoughts]
  9. echo his [sentiments, comments]
  10. echoed what many were thinking
  11. his [name, love] will echo throughout [history, eternity]
n as adj
  1. an echo chamber
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