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- [ek-oh]
- /ˈɛk oʊ/
- /ˈek.əʊ/
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- [ek-oh]
- /ˈɛk oʊ/
Definitions of echo word
- noun plural echo a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface. 1
- noun plural echo a sound heard again near its source after being reflected. 1
- noun plural echo any repetition or close imitation, as of the ideas or opinions of another. 1
- noun plural echo a person who reflects or imitates another. 1
- noun plural echo a sympathetic or identical response, as to sentiments expressed. 1
- noun plural echo a lingering trace or effect. 1
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Origin of echo
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English ecco < Latin ēchō < Greek, akin to ēchḗ sound
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Parts of speech for Echo
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
echo popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
echo usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for echo
verb echo
- respond — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- reiterate — to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
- recall — to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
- resound — to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
- reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
noun echo
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- resonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- repeat — repeat loop
- boom — If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
Antonyms for echo
verb echo
- differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
- oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
noun echo
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
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