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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ek-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk oʊ



Definition of echo

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Latin echo, from Greek echo, personified as a mountain nymph, from or related to ekhe "sound," ekhein "to resound," from PIE root *swagh- "to resound" (cf. Sanskrit vagnuh "sound," Latin vagire "to cry," Old English swogan "to resound"). Related: Echoes.
  • noun repeat, copy
  • verb repeat, copy
Example sentences :
  • Too much that Tillie poured out to her found an echo in her own breast.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The effect of so strange an echo on David may better be imagined than described.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • And the echo of our laughter was as if the spirits laughed, behind our backs.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He was surprised to hear his question repeated, not as an echo, but by another.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • The echo of his hidden thought made it easier for him to go on.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Mrs. Mellish paused, blushing a little at the echo of her own eloquence.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • It seemed to echo in the distance like the laughing behind the scenes on the stage.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Her mother turned the echo of this phrase into an ironic lament.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • That she will always keep, and try as hard as you may, you can never have the last word with Echo.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • Juno had left her throne in the sky to search for someone Echo knew.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

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