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ALL meanings of echo

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  • noun plural echo (initial capital letter) U.S. Aerospace. one of an early series of inflatable passive communications satellites. 1
  • noun plural echo a word used in communications to represent the letter E. 1
  • verb without object echo to emit an echo; resound with an echo: The hall echoed with cheers. 1
  • verb without object echo to be repeated by or as by an echo: Shouts echoed through the street. 1
  • verb with object echo to repeat by or as by an echo; emit an echo of: The hall echoes the faintest sounds. 1
  • verb with object echo to repeat or imitate the words, sentiments, etc., of (a person). 1
  • verb with object echo to repeat or imitate (words, sentiments, etc.). 1
  • noun Definition of echo in Technology 1. A topic group on FidoNet's echomail system. Compare newsgroup. 2. A Unix command that just prints its arguments. 1
  • noun echo (of a sound) Be repeated or reverberate after the original sound has stopped. 1
  • noun echo sound 1
  • intransitive verb echo talking: repeat 1
  • noun echo communications: letter E 1
  • transitive verb echo be reminiscent of 1
  • 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
  • noun plural echo (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a mountain nymph who pined away for love of the beautiful youth Narcissus until only her voice remained. 1
  • noun plural echo Cards. the play of a high card and then a low card in the suit led by one's partner as a signal to continue leading the suit, as in bridge, or to lead a trump, as in whist. 1
  • noun plural echo Electronics. the reflection of a radio wave, as in radar or the like. 1
  • countable noun echo An echo is a sound which is caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall. 0
  • verb echo If a sound echoes, it is reflected off a surface and can be heard again after the original sound has stopped. 0
  • verb echo In a place that echoes, a sound is reflected off a surface, and is repeated after the original sound has stopped. 0
  • verb echo If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion. 0
  • countable noun echo An echo is an expression of an attitude, opinion, or statement which has already been expressed. 0
  • countable noun echo A detail or feature which reminds you of something else can be referred to as an echo. 0
  • verb echo If one thing echoes another, the first is a copy of a particular detail or feature of the other. 0
  • verb echo If something echoes, it continues to be discussed and remains important or influential in a particular situation or among a particular group of people. 0
  • noun echo the reflection of sound or other radiation by a reflecting medium, esp a solid object 0
  • noun echo the sound so reflected 0
  • noun echo a repetition or imitation, esp an unoriginal reproduction of another's opinions 0
  • noun echo something that evokes memories, esp of a particular style or era 0
  • noun echo an effect that continues after the original cause has disappeared; repercussion 0
  • noun echo a person who copies another, esp one who obsequiously agrees with another's opinions 0
  • noun echo the signal reflected by a radar target 0
  • noun echo the trace produced by such a signal on a radar screen 0
  • noun echo the repetition of certain sounds or syllables in a verse line 0
  • noun echo the quiet repetition of a musical phrase 0
  • noun echo a manual or stop on an organ that controls a set of quiet pipes that give the illusion of sounding at a distance 0
  • noun echo an electronic effect in recorded music that adds vibration or resonance 0
  • verb echo to resound or cause to resound with an echo 0
  • verb echo (of sounds) to repeat or resound by echoes; reverberate 0
  • verb echo (of persons) to repeat (words, opinions, etc), in imitation, agreement, or flattery 0
  • verb echo (of things) to resemble or imitate (another style, earlier model, etc) 0
  • verb echo (of a computer) to display (a character) on the screen of a visual display unit as a response to receiving that character from a keyboard entry 0
  • noun echo either of two US passive communications satellites, the first of which was launched in 1960 0
  • noun echo a nymph who, spurned by Narcissus, pined away until only her voice remained 0
  • noun echo code word for the letter e 0
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