ECHO (echoes)

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Irregular inflected form: echoes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Echo mean? 

• ECHO (noun)
  The noun ECHO has 6 senses:

1. the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

2. (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained

3. a reply that repeats what has just been said

4. a reflected television or radio or radar beam

5. a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.

6. an imitation or repetition

  Familiarity information: ECHO used as a noun is common.

• ECHO (verb)
  The verb ECHO has 3 senses:

1. to say again or imitate

2. ring or echo with sound

3. call to mind

  Familiarity information: ECHO used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECHO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

echo; replication; reverberation; sound reflection

Context example:

she could hear echoes of her own footsteps

Hypernyms ("echo" is a kind of...):

reflection; reflectivity; reflexion (the ability to reflect beams or rays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "echo"):

re-echo (the echo of an echo)

Derivation:

echo (ring or echo with sound)

echo (call to mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Echo" is a kind of...):

nymph ((classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A reply that repeats what has just been said

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("echo" is a kind of...):

reply; response (the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "echo"):

echolalia (an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others)

Derivation:

echo (to say again or imitate)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A reflected television or radio or radar beam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("echo" is a kind of...):

reflection; reflectivity; reflexion (the ability to reflect beams or rays)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man

Hypernyms ("echo" is a kind of...):

analog; analogue; parallel (something having the property of being analogous to something else)

Sense 6

Meaning:

An imitation or repetition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life

Hypernyms ("echo" is a kind of...):

imitation (copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else)

• ECHO (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they echo    ... he / she / it echoes   
Past simple: echoed   
Past participle: echoed   
-ing form: echoing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To say again or imitate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

echo; repeat

Context example:

followers echoing the cries of their leaders

Hypernyms (to "echo" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "echo"):

recite (repeat aloud from memory)

cuckoo (repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call)

reecho (repeat back like an echo)

parrot (repeat mindlessly)

regurgitate; reproduce (repeat after memorization)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

echo (a reply that repeats what has just been said)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ring or echo with sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

echo; resound; reverberate; ring

Context example:

the hall resounded with laughter

Hypernyms (to "echo" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "echo"):

consonate (sound in sympathy)

reecho (repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back)

reecho (echo repeatedly, echo again and again)

bong (ring loudly and deeply)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The woods echo with many kinds of birds

Derivation:

echo (the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Call to mind

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

echo; recall

Context example:

His words echoed John F. Kennedy

Hypernyms (to "echo" is one way to...):

resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

echo (the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves)

 Context examples 

If you can, you might have a clue of a theme echoing now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When he came to the outskirts, he called “Iron Hans” three times so loudly that it echoed through the trees.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The timing of the radar echoes, as they bounced off the canyons' edges and floors, provided a direct measure of their depths.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)

A gun is fired somewhere; the echo of it seems far away.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It struck cold to our hearts, and I stood gazing at Holmes, and he at me, until the last echoes of it had died away into the silence from which it rose.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Yes, that is final,” I involuntarily echoed.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Most preposterous!” I exclaimed, and then suddenly realizing how he had echoed the inmost thought of my soul, I sat up in my chair and stared at him in blank amazement.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two new studies characterize tidal disruption flares by studying how surrounding dust absorbs and re-emits their light, like echoes.

(Studies Find Echoes of Black Holes Eating Stars, NASA)

These earthquake 'echoes' were compared to many others from different readings of the same earthquakes and this produced a 'fingerprint of the Earth'.

(Earth's Core Confirmed to Be Solid After 80 Years of Study, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“Common friends,” echoed Mr. Hyde, a little hoarsely. “Who are they?”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)