ECHO | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of echo in English echonoun [ C ] uk /ˈek.əʊ/ us /ˈek.oʊ/ plural echoes

echo noun [C] (SOUND)

Add to word list Add to word list C2 a sound that is heard after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff: The echoes of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds. Thick carpet would reduce the echo in this hallway.

• You could hear the echo of footsteps in the stairwell of the building.
• He shouted into the mouth of the cave and waited for the echo.
• Bats have very poor eyesight but they use echoes to locate objects in the dark.
• There's nobody down the well - it's the echo of your own voice you are hearing.
• It was quite spooky when a second later the echo could be heard repeating down the valley.

Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

• auditory feedback
• bang around phrasal verb
• bleep
• boop
• chuff
• clack
• clap
• clap along
• crashing
• patter
• peal
• rumble
• soughing
• spit
• susurration
• susurrus
• thrum
• thunk
• ting-a-ling
• whisper

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echo noun [C] (SIMILAR DETAIL)

a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else: echo of There are echoes of Mozart in her first piano compositions. Remembering, reminding and reminders

• aide-mémoire
• annal
• awaken someone to something phrasal verb
• be engraved on someone's memory/mind idiom
• be etched on/in someone's memory idiom
• commit
• hooky
• if my memory serves me right idiom
• imprint
• in commemoration of someone/something
• indelible
• jog
• remember
• remind
• remind someone of something/someone phrasal verb
• reminder
• reminisce
• resonant
• stamp
• sticky

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Similar and the same echoverb uk /ˈek.əʊ/ us /ˈek.oʊ/

echo verb (SOUND)

C2 [ I ] If a sound echoes or a place echoes with a sound, you hear the sound again because you are in a large, empty space: echo around The sound of footsteps echoed around the hall.echo with Suddenly, the building echoed with the sound of gunfire.

• My voice echoed around the hall.
• A heavy artillery barrage echoed through the night.
• A loud bang echoed through the district.
• Sobbing and screaming echoed round the small space.
• Charities and aid agencies have all echoed this view.

Sound & its properties

• acoustically
• acoustician
• anechoic
• anti-noise
• aurally
• binaural
• damp
• echolocation
• HD
• high def
• high definition
• monaural
• resonant
• sonority
• soundproofing
• soundscape
• surround sound
• thunder
• twangy
• unlistenable

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echo verb (SIMILAR DETAILS)

C2 [ T ] to repeat details that are similar to, and make you think of, something else: The design of the church echoes that of St. Paul's Cathedral. I've heard the prime minister's view echoed throughout the party. Saying again

• cascade
• chant
• din something into someone phrasal verb
• drill
• drill someone in something
• drill something into someone
• drum
• drum something into someone phrasal verb
• inculcate
• recap
• redundancy
• regurgitate
• rehash
• reiteration
• relay
• repetitively
• rephrase
• restate
• restatement
• retell

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Idiom

echo down/through the ages (Definition of echo from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

echo | American Dictionary

echonoun [ C ] us /ˈek·oʊ/ plural echoes

echo noun [C] (SOUND)

Add to word list Add to word list a sound that is heard again after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff: The cave was filled with the echoes of our voices.

echo noun [C] (SIMILAR QUALITY)

a quality or other detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else: The son’s behavior is a clear echo of his father’s. echoverb us /ˈek·oʊ/ present tense echoes | present participle echoing | past tense and past participle echoed

echo verb (MAKE SOUNDS)

[ I ] to fill a place with repeating sounds, or to be filled with these sounds: The sound of footsteps echoed through the hall.

echo verb (REPEAT)

[ T ] to express or think what someone else has said or thought: Brownell’s comments echoed the opinion of the majority of the commission members. (Definition of echo from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of echo

echo The detection of unexpected coherent echoes by incoherent scatter radars raises important questions concerning the generation mechanisms that spill over into coherent radars. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, however, there is the need for a systematic exploration of the mechanisms that can produce the instabilities behind the coherent echoes. From the Cambridge English Corpus The enthusiastic accumulation by fans of an unending suite of related images both echoes and subverts the mass mechanical reproduction of the modern celebrity image. From the Cambridge English Corpus Her description of exercises echoes that of the teacher's voice within the rehearsal room. From the Cambridge English Corpus He had been sensitive to the echoing murmur of the mountains, that communicating of sounds destined to intoxicate sympathetic souls. From the Cambridge English Corpus The echoes themselves produce more echoes; the others spawn even more others. From the Cambridge English Corpus The indefinite placing of this period is echoed by the very ambiguity of the character himself. From the Cambridge English Corpus The echoes and messages of this united base did percolate to the lower levels. From the Cambridge English Corpus Furthermore, this echoes the findings in studies of cognitive aging discussed above, indicating that deficits of dynamic grouping can be part of several different disorders. From the Cambridge English Corpus Serial echoes were reviewed in 61 children both preand post-primary procedure (mean 17 months post-procedure, range 245). From the Cambridge English Corpus When people demand to have 'choices, not echoes', are they truly complaining about not having distinct choices or just about facing a bad outcome? From the Cambridge English Corpus In the conclusion to the section (bars 48-55), repeated echoes of a cadential gesture revisit and summarize the arguments heard earlier. From the Cambridge English Corpus Boumans introduces and illustrates two theses that are echoed at several other stages later in the volume. From the Cambridge English Corpus Measurement of tissue deformation, with applied force, by analysis of the returning ultrasound echoes, was described over 20 years ago [8,9]. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their views found echoes in the broader popular response to the affair. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of echo These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of echo?

Translations of echo

in Chinese (Traditional) 聲音, 回聲，回音，回響, 相似的東西… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 声音, 回声，回音，回响, 相似的东西… See more in Spanish eco, hacer eco, resonar… See more in Portuguese eco, ressoar, eco [masculine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian प्रतिध्वनि, प्रतिध्वनि ऐकू येणे, हुबेहूब असणे… See more ～が反響する, ～を反響させる, エコー… See more yankılanmak, eko yapmak, söyleneni kabul ettiğini göstermek için tekrar etmek… See more écho [masculine], faire écho, se répercuter… See more ressonar, eco… See more weerklank, weerklinken, echoën… See more சுவர் அல்லது பாறை போன்ற மேற்பரப்பில் இருந்து பிரதிபலித்த பிறகு கேட்கப்படும் ஒலி, ஒரு ஒலி எதிரொலித்தால் அல்லது ஒரு இடம் ஒலியுடன் எதிரொலித்தால், நீங்கள் ஒரு பெரிய… See more गूँज, प्रतिध्वनि, गूँजना… See more પડઘો, પડઘો પડવો, અનુકરણ… See more ekko, genlyd, ekkoe… See more eko, eka, upprepa som ett eko… See more gema, bergema, ulang… See more das Echo, (wider)hallen, nachsprechen… See more ekko [neuter], gi gjenlyd, ha lang etterklang… See more بازگشت, گونج, گونچ پیدا کرنا… See more луна, відбивати(ся) луною, вторити… See more గోడ లేక కొండ వంటి ఉపరితలం నుండి ప్రతిబింబించిన తర్వాత విన్న శబ్దం, ఒక శబ్దం ప్రతిధ్వనిస్తే లేక స్థలం ధ్వనితో ప్రతిధ్వనిస్తే, మీరు పెద్ద… See more প্রতিধ্বনি, প্রতিধ্বনিত হওয়া, অনুরূপ বিবরণের পুনরাবৃত্তি করা এবং আপনাকে অন্য কিছু ভাবতে বাধ্য করা… See more ozvěna, vracet, odrážet… See more gema, menggemakan, membeo… See more เสียงก้อง, ทำเสียงก้อง, ซ้ำ ๆ… See more tiếng vang, vang lại, lặp lại… See more odbijać lub roznosić się echem, powtarzać, echo… See more 메아리치다, 소리가 울리다, 메아리… See more echeggiare, eco, fare eco… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of echo

• echo chamber
• echo sounder
• echo down/through the ages idiom

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  • Noun 
    • echo (SOUND)
    • echo (SIMILAR DETAIL)
  • Verb 
    • echo (SOUND)
    • echo (SIMILAR DETAILS)
• American   
  • Noun 
    • echo (SOUND)
    • echo (SIMILAR QUALITY)
  • Verb 
    • echo (MAKE SOUNDS)
    • echo (REPEAT)
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