What does echo mean?
Echo means A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer..
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/ˈɛkəʊ/ · noun
A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer..
The babbling echo mocks the hounds.
To you I mourn; nor to the Deaf I ſing, / The Woods ſhall anſwer, and their Echo ring.
“Then what is your little trouble?” “My little trouble!” I felt that this sort of thing must be stopped at its source. It was only ten minutes to dressing-for-dinner time, and we could go on along these lines for hours. “Listen, old crumpet,” I said patiently. “Make up your mind whether you are my old friend Reginald Herring or an echo in the Swiss mountains. If you're simply going to repeat every word I say –”
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them.
Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart.
The frustration with the political process that in the '60s led to the formation of resistance groups finds an echo in today's increasingly confrontational tactics.
When someone asks an off-topic question […] they are usually quickly told to knock it off. You can't ask a question about modems in an echo devoted to local-area networks.
Use echo when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Echo means A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer..
Common synonyms include ring, resound, reverberate, recall.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The babbling echo mocks the hounds.
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