echo

English

/ˈɛkəʊ/, /ˈɛkoʊ/

noun
Definitions
  • A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
  • An utterance repeating what has just been said.
  • (poetry) A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
  • (figurative) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
  • (computing) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
  • The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  • (whist) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
  • (whist) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
  • (medicine)
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Etymology

Derived from Middle English eccho derived from Latin ecco, echo derived from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (echo, reflected sound).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ἠχώ

Gloss

echo, reflected sound

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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