Definitions for echo
ˈɛk oʊecho

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. echo, reverberation, sound reflection, replicationnoun

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

   "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps"

2. Echonoun

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

3. echonoun

   a reply that repeats what has just been said

4. echonoun

   a reflected television or radio or radar beam

5. echonoun

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

   "his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"; "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man"

6. echoverb

   an imitation or repetition

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

7. repeat, echoverb

   to say again or imitate

   "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"

8. resound, echo, ring, reverberateverb

   ring or echo with sound

   "the hall resounded with laughter"

9. echo, recallverb

   call to mind

   "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. echonoun

   A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.

2. echonoun

   The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.

3. echonoun

   The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

4. echoverb

   To reflect off of a surface and return to someone who has heard it already.

5. echoverb

   To repeat back precisely what another has just said: to copy in the imitation of a natural echo.

6. echoverb

   To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.).

   Sid echoed his father's point of view.

7. Echonoun

   An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.

8. Etymology: From Ἠχώ.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ECHOnoun

   Etymology: ἤχω.

   1. Echo was supposed to have been once a nymph, who pined into a sound for love of Narcissus.

   The pleasant myrtle may teach th’ unfortunate Echo
   In these woods to resound the renowned name of a goddess. Philip Sidney, b. i.

   2. The return or repercussion of any sound.

   Babbling echo mocks the hounds,
   Replying shrilly to the well-tun’d horns,
   As if a double hunt were heard at once. William Shakespeare, Titus Andron.

   The sound, filling great spaces in arched lines, cannot be guided; therefore there hath not been any means to make artificial echoes. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 242.

   To you I mourn, nor to the deaf I sing;
   The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. Alexander Pope, Summer.

   ’Tis not enough no harshness gives offence;
   The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Alexander Pope, Ess. Crit.

   3. The sound returned.

   Wilt thou hunt?
   Thy hounds shall make the welkin answer them,
   And fetch shrill echoes from their hollow earth. William Shakespeare.

   O woods, O fountains, hillocks, dales and bow’rs!
   With other echo late I taught your shades
   To answer, and resound far other song! John Milton, Parad. Lost.

2. To Echoverb

   To send back a voice; to return what has been uttered.

   Our modern separatists do but echo the same note. Decay of Piety.

   With peals of shouts the Tyrians praise the song;
   Those peals are echo’d by the Trojan throng. John Dryden, Æn.

   One great death deforms the dreary ground;
   The echo’d woes from distant rocks resound. Matthew Prior.

3. To Echoverb

   1. To resound; to give the repercussion of a voice.

   At the parting
   All the church echo’d. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

   Through rocks and caves the name of Delia sounds;
   Delia each cave and echoing rock rebounds. Alexander Pope, Autumn.

   2. To be sounded back.

   Hark, how the sound disturbs imperious Rome!
   Shakes her proud hills, and rolls from dome to dome!
   Her miter’d princes hear the echoing noise,
   And, Albion, dread thy wrath and awful voice. Richard Blackmore.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Echo

   Echo is the third single off rapper Gorilla Zoes second studio album, Don't Feed Da Animals. Gorilla Zoe uses an Auto-Tune effect for this song. The song was released on iTunes March 10, 2009 and was produced by Drumma Boy. The official remix features Diddy and another with Ne-Yo and Yung Joc.

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1. echo

   An echo is a sound that is reflected off a surface and heard again. It is often experienced in large empty spaces or around mountains. In a broader sense, the term "echo" can also refer to any repetition or close imitation of another's idea, style, or action.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Echonoun

   a sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound

2. Echonoun

   fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer

3. Echonoun

   a wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them

4. Echonoun

   a nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice

5. Echoverb

   to send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate

6. Echoverb

   to repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt

7. Echoverb

   to give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations

8. Etymology: [L. echo, Gr. 'hchw` echo, sound, akin to 'hchh`, 'h^chos, sound, noise; cf. Skr. v to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. cho.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Echo

   Echo is an accolade by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony was held in 1992, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1991, succeeding the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis which were awarded since 1963. Each year's winner is determined by the previous year's sales. Winners in the pop category are announced in March; the winners in the classical category in October.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Echo

   ek′ō, n. the repetition of sound caused by a sound-wave coming against some opposing surface, and being reflected: a device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line: imitation: an imitator:—pl. Echoes (ek′ōz).—v.i. to reflect sound: to be sounded back: to resound.—v.t. to send back the sound of: to repeat a thing said: to imitate: to flatter slavishly:—pr.p. ech′ōing; pa.p. ech′ōed.—ns. Ech′oism, the formation of imitative words; Ech′oist, one who repeats like an echo.—adj. Ech′oless, giving no echo, unresponsive.—ns. Echom′eter, an instrument for measuring the length of sounds; Echom′etry, the art of measuring such.—Cheer to the echo, to applaud most heartily, so that the room resounds. [L.,—Gr. ēchō, a sound.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Echo

   a wood-nymph in love with Narcissus, who did not return her love, in consequence of which she pined away till all that remained of her was only her voice.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ECHO

   The only thing that can cheat a woman out of the last word.

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Echo

   Echo provides the industry's first and largest real-time platform, enabling the rapid implementation and scale of applications for social TV, social music, social news, social sports, social commerce and social finance. Brands and developers can leverage the Echo platform to transform their static websites and mobile apps into real-time experiences that significantly boost traffic, increase user engagement, and drive more revenue. A leader in the space, Echo currently serves over 1.5 billion streams per month for customers including ABC, Advance Digital, AMC Networks, CNBC, ESPN, iVillage, NASDAQ, Scripps Networks, Sony, The Washington Post, USA Network, XO Group and WWE.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. echonoun

   The silent executive committee commission expression of surprise, used to call for attention, and calculate awareness. 1.) A sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listeners.

   The echo from our future draws through us and back to us.

   Etymology: Sounds proof of momentum in time.

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on December 20, 2023  

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1. echo

   Song lyrics by echo -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by echo on the Lyrics.com website.

2. ECHO

   What does ECHO stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ECHO acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

MythologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Echo

   (Ech′o) was a nymph who fell in love with Narcissus. But when he languished and died she pined away from grief and died also, preserving nothing but her voice, which repeats every sound that reaches her. Another fable makes Echo a daughter of Air and Tellus. She was partly deprived of speech by Juno, being allowed only to reply to questions.

   “Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv’st unseen Within thy airy shell. .     .     .     . Sweet queen of parley, daughter of the sphere, So may’st thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all heaven’s harmonies.” (Milton.)

   “Oft by Echo’s tedious tales misled.” (Ovid.)

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ECHO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Echo is ranked #121590 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Echo surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Echo.
   
   81.6% or 116 total occurrences were White.
   8.4% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.2% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Greek Mythology
   • Analogue
   • Electronics
   • Nymph
   • Reflection
   • Reply
   • Sound

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'echo' in Nouns Frequency: #2141

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'echo' in Verbs Frequency: #736

Anagrams for echo »

1. oche

How to pronounce echo?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say echo in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of echo in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of echo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of echo in a Sentence

1. Katherine Zimmerman:

   Hamza has increasingly taken a leadership role within al Qaeda — a role for which he has been groomed his entire life, hamza’s calls for jihad echo his father’s, and the bin Laden name gives Hamza credibility within the Salafi-jihadi movement.

2. Peruvian Attorney General Pablo Sánchez:

   The message Brazil is sending with an investigation of this scale - and we will echo if we find evidence here - is a clear battle against corruption in the region ... whoever it takes down.

3. Alvin Kamara:

   People, theyre strong about this fantasy football throughout the whole year. I dont want to even echo some of the stuff that theyve messaged and tweeted, stuff like that. But its good to see people keep their word and theyre willing to donate, i dont know how much you play fantasy football for ; Ive never played it. But its going to a good organization. Im just blessed to be able to help Son of a Saint at the same time.

4. Lindsay Sakraida:

   This home assistant device beats our predictions by $ 10, as well as being the best price ever, it's available for the same price at Amazon Books, Target, Best Buy, and Kohl's, so it'll definitely be easy to get, she added. If you buy it at Amazon Books, you can also snag a smart plug for just an additional $ 5. Amazon Echo( with built-in display) Amazon Echo normally retails for $ 230, but can be had for $ 179.99 at Staples. Amazon Echo is the first smart speaker from Amazon Books with a screen, aimed primarily at video chatting.

5. Cat Cattinson:

   I realized I’d been in an echo chamber and I’d been told some really harmful things by trans activists that totally distorted my view of the world and my gender or my biological sex, in the future, we’re going to see a lot of children who have detransitioned being angry with their parents and feeling betrayed by them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=echo
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Echo
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=echo
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echo
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=echo
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=echo
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Echo
10. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=echo
11. ^ CrunchBase
    https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/echo
12. ^ Mythology
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42474/pg42474-images.html#:~:text=echo
13. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html