echo

CEFRC1

/ˈɛk.əʊ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sound repeated after bouncing off a surface.

  2. 02

    verb

    To repeat a sound or idea.

Examples

  • There was an echo on the phone and I couldn't hear clearly.

  • We heard the echo of our voices from the other side of the valley.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɛk.oʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.

  2. An utterance repeating what has just been said.

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

More examples

In context

  • Your eyes reflect the echo of my voice.

  • Sid echoed his father’s point of view.

  • To you I mourn; nor to the Deaf I ſing, / The Woods ſhall anſwer, and their Echo ring.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English eccho, ecco, echo, ekko, from Medieval Latin ēccō, from Latin ēchō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.