echo
verb/ˈekəʊ/
/ˈekəʊ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they echo | /ˈekəʊ/ /ˈekəʊ/ |
| he / she / it echoes | /ˈekəʊz/ /ˈekəʊz/ |
| past simple echoed | /ˈekəʊd/ /ˈekəʊd/ |
| past participle echoed | /ˈekəʊd/ /ˈekəʊd/ |
| -ing form echoing | /ˈekəʊɪŋ/ /ˈekəʊɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] if a sound echoes, it is reflected off a wall, the side of a mountain, etc. so that you can hear it again synonym reverberate
- Her footsteps echoed in the empty room.
- The gunshot echoed through the forest.
Extra Examples- His voice echoed around the room.
- The call echoed off the walls of the cave.
- Their voices echoed back across the water.
- The protest seemed to echo across the room.
- Her screams still echoed in his ears.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- faintly
- slightly
- softly
- …
- seem to
- across
- around
- round
- …
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- [intransitive, transitive] to send back and repeat a sound; to be full of a sound synonym reverberate
- The whole house echoed.
- echo to/with something The street echoed with the cries of children.
- echo something (back) The valley echoed back his voice.
- The great hall echoed with laughter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- faintly
- slightly
- softly
- …
- seem to
- across
- around
- round
- …
- [transitive] echo something to repeat an idea or opinion because you agree with it
- ‘More police, that’s what we need,’ he said, echoing his father’s views on the subject.
- This is a view echoed by many on the right of the party.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1- They had ideas which seem to echo our own.
- an opinion that is widely echoed in the tabloid press
- In his statement, the minister merely echoed the views of the chief police officer.
- Many others echoed her opinion that a change in the law was necessary.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- exactly
- widely
- clearly
- …
- seem to
- [transitive] + speech | echo something to repeat what somebody else has just said, especially because you find it surprising
- ‘He's gone!’ Viv echoed.
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