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Echo - English meaning

Echo – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener.

Usage examples:

The walls threw back the echoes of his footsteps
noun

A close parallel to an idea, feeling, or event.

Usage examples:

His love for her found an echo in her own feelings
noun

A person who slavishly repeats the words or opinions of another.

Usage examples:

Clarendon, whom they reckoned the faithful echo of their master's intentions
noun

Used in names of newspapers.

Usage examples:

The south wales echo
noun

A code word representing the letter e, used in radio communication.

noun

A play by a defender of a higher card in a suit followed by a lower one in a subsequent trick, used as a signal to request a further lead of that suit by their partner.

verb

(of a sound) be repeated or reverberate after the original sound has stopped.

Usage examples:

Their footsteps echoed on the metal catwalks
verb

(of an object or event) be reminiscent of or have shared characteristics with.

Usage examples:

A blue suit that echoed the colour of her eyes
verb

Send a copy of (an input signal or character) back to its source or to a screen for display.

Usage examples:

For security reasons, the password will not be echoed to the screen
verb

(of a defender) play a higher card followed by a lower one in the same suit, as a signal to request one's partner to lead that suit.

proper noun

A nymph deprived of speech by hera in order to stop her chatter, and left able only to repeat what others had said.

Echo translation into English

Echo: translate from English into Chinese

Translate echo into Chinese (Simplified)}
回声, 呼应, 回音, 回响, 附和, 反响, 应声虫, 响, 应, 伴唱, 帮腔, 答, 发回声

Echo: translate from English into Dutch

Translate echo into Dutch}
Echo, Herhalen, Echoën, Weerklank, Weerklinken, Weergalm, Weerkaatsing, Weerkaatsen, Naklinken, Terugkaatsen

Echo: translate from English into French

Translate echo into French}
Écho, Résonner, Répercuter, Rappel, Se faire l'écho

Echo: translate from English into German

Translate echo into German}
Echo, Hallen, Widerhallen, Widerhall, Nachklang, Schallen, Hall, Anklang, Wiedergeben, Dröhnen, Widertönen, Zurückwerfen, Rückmeldung

Echo: translate from English into Hindi

Translate echo into Hindi}
गूंज, प्रतिध्वनि, गूँज, गूंजना, अनुकृति, प्रतिवचन, प्रतिशब्द, अनुनाद, प्रतिध्वनित करना, किसी की अनुकृति करना, दोहराया जाना, झाई, प्रतिध्वनित होना

Echo: translate from English into Italian

Translate echo into Italian}
Eco, Echeggiare, Risonanza, Ripetere

Echo: translate from English into Korean

Translate echo into Korean}
에코, 반향, 메아리, 이를 나타내는 부호, 초음파 검사법, 울리다, 부화 뇌동자, 전자파의 반사, 숲의 요정, 반향하다, 앵무새처럼 되풀이하다

Echo: translate from English into Russian

Translate echo into Russian}
Эхо, Отголосок, Подражание, Вторить, Поддакивать, Подражатель, Отдаваться, Отдаваться эхом, Отражаться, Подражать

Echo: translate from English into Spanish

Translate echo into Spanish}
Eco, Repetir, Resonar, Repetición, Hacer eco, Repercutir, Hacerse eco de, Imitar, Dar un eco

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French or Latin, from Greek ēkhō, related to ēkhē ‘a sound’.

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