English Explanatory Dictionary

echo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
  2. An utterance repeating what has just been said.
  3. A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
  4. Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
  5. Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.
  6. An insignificant indirect result; a ripple.
  7. The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
  8. An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.
  9. Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  10. A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
  11. A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
  12. An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews.
verb
  1. Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
  2. Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate.
  3. To reflect back (a sound).
  4. To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).
  5. To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
  6. To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
name
  1. An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Dale County, Alabama.
  4. An unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky.
  5. A census-designated place in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
  6. A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
  7. A township and minor city therein, in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
  8. A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon.
  9. An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A populated place in Orange County, Texas.
  11. A census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, named after Echo Canyon.
  12. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.

Pronunciation

ĕkʹō /ˈɛkəʊ/ /ˈɛkoʊ/ En-us-echo.ogg /ɛkʰ.o/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Echo.wav

Word forms

echo echoes echos echoe eccho echoing echoed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)der. Latin ēchō Medieval Latin ēccōder. Middle English eccho English echo From Middle English eccho, ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.

Synonyms

ring

Derived words

anechoic applaud to the echo cheer to the echo echoacousia echoback echo boomer echocardiogram echocardiography echocardiology echo chamber echoencephalography echoendoscope echoendoscopic echoendoscopy echoer echoey echogenic echogenicity echogram echograph echography echoic echoise echoism echoist echoize echokinesis echokinetic echolalia echoless echolike echolocate echolocation echolocator echometer echo organ echo parakeet echopathy echophenomenon echophonocardiography echophony echoplanar echoplasia echo plate echoplex echo poem echo-ranging echoscope echo sounder echo sounding echo state network echo stop echostructural echostructure echo subject echotextural echotexture echo time echotomogram echotomography
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