noun
- The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves.
- usage: "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps"
- synonyms: reverberation, sound reflection, replication
- Greek mythology. ( a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained)
- A reply that repeats what has just been said.
- A reflected television or radio or radar beam.
- A close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc..
- usage: "his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"; "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man"
- An imitation or repetition.
- usage: "the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life"
verb
- To say again or imitate.
- usage: "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"
- synonyms: repeat
- Ring or echo with sound.
- usage: "the hall resounded with laughter"
- synonyms: resound, ring, reverberate
- Call to mind.
- usage: "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
- synonyms: recall
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