echo
♦ echo /'ekoʊ/ (echoes echoing echoed)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
An echo is a sound which is caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall.
He heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice.
2 [VERB] V, V prep/adv
If a sound echoes, it is reflected off a surface and can be heard again after the original sound has stopped.
His feet echoed on the bare board floor...
The bang came suddenly, echoing across the buildings, shattering glass.
= reverberate
3 [VERB] V, V with/in n, V-ing
In a place that echoes, a sound is reflected off a surface, and is repeated after the original sound has stopped.
The room echoed...
The corridor echoed with the barking of a dozen dogs.
...the bare stone floors and the echoing hall.
4 [VERB] V n
If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion.
Their views often echo each other...
5 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A detail or feature which reminds you of something else can be referred to as an echo.
The accident has echoes of past disasters.
6 [VERB] V n
If one thing echoes another, the first is a copy of a particular detail or feature of the other.
Pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling.
= repeat
7 [VERB] V prep
If something echoes, it continues to be discussed and remains important or influential in a particular situation or among a particular group of people.
The old fable continues to echo down the centuries.
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
An echo is a sound which is caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall.
He heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice.
2 [VERB] V, V prep/adv
If a sound echoes, it is reflected off a surface and can be heard again after the original sound has stopped.
His feet echoed on the bare board floor...
The bang came suddenly, echoing across the buildings, shattering glass.
= reverberate
3 [VERB] V, V with/in n, V-ing
In a place that echoes, a sound is reflected off a surface, and is repeated after the original sound has stopped.
The room echoed...
The corridor echoed with the barking of a dozen dogs.
...the bare stone floors and the echoing hall.
4 [VERB] V n
If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion.
Their views often echo each other...
5 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A detail or feature which reminds you of something else can be referred to as an echo.
The accident has echoes of past disasters.
6 [VERB] V n
If one thing echoes another, the first is a copy of a particular detail or feature of the other.
Pinks and beiges were chosen to echo the colours of the ceiling.
= repeat
7 [VERB] V prep
If something echoes, it continues to be discussed and remains important or influential in a particular situation or among a particular group of people.
The old fable continues to echo down the centuries.