echo
[noun]
Synonyms:
- repetition, answer, reverberation
- copy, imitation, mirror image, parallel, reflection, reiteration, reproduction
[verb]
Synonyms:
- repeat, resound, reverberate
- copy, ape, imitate, mirror, parallel, recall, reflect, resemble

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. ech‧o¹ /ˈekəʊ $ ˈekoʊ/ verb

1. [intransitive] if a sound echoes, you hear it again because it was made near something such as a wall or hill:
The sound of an engine echoed back from the thick forest.
echo through/round
He could hear eerie noises echoing through the corridors.

2. [intransitive] if a place echoes, it is filled with sounds that are repeated or are similar to each other
echo with
The house echoed with the sound of children’s voices.

3. [transitive] literary to repeat what someone else has just said:
‘You bet,’ she said, echoing his words.

4. [transitive] to repeat an idea or opinion because you agree with it:
The article simply echoed the NRA’s arguments against gun control.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. echo² noun (plural echoes) [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Greek]

1. a sound that you hear again after a loud noise, because it was made near something such as a wall:
Her scream was followed by a loud echo.

2. something that is very similar to something that has happened or been said before
echo of
The article contains echoes of an earlier report.
This idea finds an echo in many African countries.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

echo
noun
ADJ. distant, faint | clear, distinct, strong (often figurative) There are distinct echoes of Elvis Presley in his vocal style.
hollow | returning The bat compares the sound of its cry with the sound of the returning echo.
VERB + ECHO hear, listen for/to We could just hear a faint echo.
produce, send back, send out Their footsteps on the bare boards sent out hollow echoes.
find (figurative) The political upheavals find an echo in the art of the time.
ECHO + VERB sound A faint echo sounded in the cave.
die (away) The echo slowly died away.
come back, return An echo came back from the walls of the building.
PREP. ~ from the echo from a brick wall

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

echo
verb
I. come back as an echo
ADV. faintly | loudly | eerily, strangely, weirdly | flatly, hollowly The sound echoed hollowly through the tall empty house.
still | back Their voices echoed back across the water.
VERB + ECHO seem to
PREP. across The protest seemed to echo across the room.
around/round His voice echoed around the room.
down Her footsteps echoed down the corridor.
in Her screams still echoed in his ears.
off The call echoed off the walls of the cave.
through Laughter echoed through the house.
with The great hall echoed with laughter.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

echo
II. repeat/agree with sb/sth
ADV. exactly | faithfully, wholeheartedly | widely an opinion that is widely echoed in the tabloid press
clearly | merely, only, simply In his statement, the minister merely echoed the views of the chief police officer.
disbelievingly, incredulously ‘He's gone!’ Viv echoed incredulously.
VERB + ECHO seem to They had ideas which seem to echo our own.

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