- the reflecting of sound off a wall or inside a particular space so that a noise appears to be repeated; a sound that is reflected back in this way
- There was an echo on the phone and I couldn't hear clearly.
- The hills sent back a faint echo.
- the echo of footsteps running down the corridor
- ‘So you love him, do you?’ Magda’s voice was a mocking echo of my own.
Extra Examples- An echo came back from the walls of the building.
- The bat compares the sound of its cry with the sound of the returning echo.
- The echo slowly died away.
- The echoes reverberated through the auditorium.
- Their footsteps on the bare boards sent out hollow echoes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distant
- faint
- clear
- …
- hear
- listen for
- listen to
- …
- bounce back
- bounce off something
- rebound
- …
- echo from
- the fact of an idea, event, etc. being like another and reminding you of it; something that reminds you of something else
- Yesterday's crash has grim echoes of previous disasters.
Extra Examples- The story has echoes of Alice in Wonderland.
- There are clear echoes of Elvis Presley in his vocal style.
- ghostly echoes of Virginia's past
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distant
- faint
- clear
- …
- hear
- listen for
- listen to
- …
- bounce back
- bounce off something
- rebound
- …
- echo from
- an opinion or attitude that agrees with or repeats one already expressed or thought
- His words were an echo of what she had heard many times before.
- The speech found an echo in the hearts of many of the audience (= they agreed with it).
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French or Latin, from Greek ēkhō, related to ēkhē ‘a sound’.
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