Echo
noun
A sound that is reflected off a surface and is heard again.
I heard an echo in the empty hallway.
verb
To reflect a sound and be heard again.
Her laughter echoed through the house.
noun
A close copy or repetition.
His ideas left an echo in my mind.
verb
To repeat or copy what others are doing or saying.
She echoed his sentiments in her speech.
noun
A signal or data which is received back from a transmitter as a copy.
The echo function sends an identical copy of the data it receives.
noun
Short for echocardiogram: a test of the action of the heart.
The doctor ordered an echo to check on the condition of her heart.
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Formal
noun
A sound that is reflected off a surface and is heard again.
I heard an echo in the empty hallway.
verb
To reflect a sound and be heard again.
Her laughter echoed through the house.
noun
A close copy or repetition.
His ideas left an echo in my mind.
verb
To repeat or copy what others are doing or saying.
She echoed his sentiments in her speech.
noun
A signal or data which is received back from a transmitter as a copy.
The echo function sends an identical copy of the data it receives.
noun
Short for echocardiogram: a test of the action of the heart.
The doctor ordered an echo to check on the condition of her heart.
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/2Natural Settings
The word 'echo' is often used to describe sounds in large, open or empty spaces.
The mountainside was filled with the echo of the yodeler's voice.
Pro Tip 2/2Creepy Ambiance
'Echo' can imply a spooky or lonely atmosphere in storytelling.
An eerie echo was all that could be heard in the abandoned castle.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Settings
The word 'echo' is often used to describe sounds in large, open or empty spaces.
The mountainside was filled with the echo of the yodeler's voice.
Pro Tip 2/2Creepy Ambiance
'Echo' can imply a spooky or lonely atmosphere in storytelling.
An eerie echo was all that could be heard in the abandoned castle.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Settings
The word 'echo' is often used to describe sounds in large, open or empty spaces.
The mountainside was filled with the echo of the yodeler's voice.
Pro Tip 2/2Creepy Ambiance
'Echo' can imply a spooky or lonely atmosphere in storytelling.
An eerie echo was all that could be heard in the abandoned castle.
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A Black man goes...
and embrace your curiosity, and sadly, too many people will not take that journey to see the world from the other side. And, I mean, let's be honest, that doesn't just go for progressives, but also to the right wing and conservatives. You know, as fair as some of their points were, they were still trapped in their own echo chambers,
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Everything you need to...
And that decision echoes throughout the novel, which is full of references to fire and imagery that contrasts light and dark. These moments suggest not only the spark of Prometheus's fire, but the power of radical ideas to expose darker areas of life.
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Why should you read...
But its social critique cuts far deeper. Raskolnikov rationalizes that his own advancement at the cost of the exploitative pawnbroker’s death would be a net benefit to society. In doing so, he echoes the doctrines of egoism and utilitarianism
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immune system against common bow-bow being pro teens and in this way we can create an aversion to eating echo and friendly food and we can do this for example by having meat patches kind of like nicotine patches people can then
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bypassing some tissues while echoing off others. Since longer, low frequency waves actually penetrate deeper than short, high frequency ones, multiple frequencies are often used together and composited into a life-like image.
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Beware, fellow...
and that when you raise the minimum wage for all businesses, all businesses benefit yet all can compete. Now the orthodox reaction, of course, is raising the minimum wage costs jobs. Right? Your politician's always echoing
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What makes a poem … a...
Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics.
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The myth of Pandora’s...
which echoed her name louder and louder. One day she could bear it no longer. Stealing away from Epimetheus, she stared at the mystifying box. She’d take one glance inside, then be able to rid her mind of it forever
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Ghosts: Is It Real? PIPE...
some sort of major trauma like murder or suicide curiously it said these spirits often don't know they're dead a second kind of apparition appears to be a mere echo of something that happened in the
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The One MILLION Dollar...
echoing changes that have swept all across Arabia now this is one of the richest sports in the world the winner
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A Black man goes...
and embrace your curiosity, and sadly, too many people will not take that journey to see the world from the other side. And, I mean, let's be honest, that doesn't just go for progressives, but also to the right wing and conservatives. You know, as fair as some of their points were, they were still trapped in their own echo chambers,
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Everything you need to...
And that decision echoes throughout the novel, which is full of references to fire and imagery that contrasts light and dark. These moments suggest not only the spark of Prometheus's fire, but the power of radical ideas to expose darker areas of life.
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Why should you read...
But its social critique cuts far deeper. Raskolnikov rationalizes that his own advancement at the cost of the exploitative pawnbroker’s death would be a net benefit to society. In doing so, he echoes the doctrines of egoism and utilitarianism
Video examples
Tackling Climate Change...
immune system against common bow-bow being pro teens and in this way we can create an aversion to eating echo and friendly food and we can do this for example by having meat patches kind of like nicotine patches people can then
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How to see with sound -...
bypassing some tissues while echoing off others. Since longer, low frequency waves actually penetrate deeper than short, high frequency ones, multiple frequencies are often used together and composited into a life-like image.
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Beware, fellow...
and that when you raise the minimum wage for all businesses, all businesses benefit yet all can compete. Now the orthodox reaction, of course, is raising the minimum wage costs jobs. Right? Your politician's always echoing
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What makes a poem … a...
Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics.
Video examples
The myth of Pandora’s...
which echoed her name louder and louder. One day she could bear it no longer. Stealing away from Epimetheus, she stared at the mystifying box. She’d take one glance inside, then be able to rid her mind of it forever
Video examples
Ghosts: Is It Real? PIPE...
some sort of major trauma like murder or suicide curiously it said these spirits often don't know they're dead a second kind of apparition appears to be a mere echo of something that happened in the
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The One MILLION Dollar...
echoing changes that have swept all across Arabia now this is one of the richest sports in the world the winner
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.
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Adam Duritz
American Musician
Sometimes the world seems like a big hole. You spend all your life shouting down it and all you hear are echoes of some idiot yelling nonsense down a hole.
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Paolo Bacigalupi
American Writer
As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
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Kelsey Grammer
American Actor
The idea of self-reliance is important to me, and that is echoed, in my way of thinking, by a conservative approach to politics.
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Giotto di Bondone
Italian Artist
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.
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Tariq Ali
Pakistani Historian
History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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Otto von Bismarck
German Leader
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
There is no love that is not an echo.
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Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
It seems that laughter needs an echo.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.
Quote examples
Adam Duritz
American Musician
Sometimes the world seems like a big hole. You spend all your life shouting down it and all you hear are echoes of some idiot yelling nonsense down a hole.
Quote examples
Paolo Bacigalupi
American Writer
As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
Quote examples
Kelsey Grammer
American Actor
The idea of self-reliance is important to me, and that is echoed, in my way of thinking, by a conservative approach to politics.
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Giotto di Bondone
Italian Artist
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.
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Tariq Ali
Pakistani Historian
History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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Otto von Bismarck
German Leader
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
There is no love that is not an echo.
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Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
It seems that laughter needs an echo.
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