ECHO | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of echo – Learner’s Dictionary

echo
verb
uk
/ˈekəʊ/
us
present participle echoing | past tense and past participle echoed

echo verb (SOUND)

If a sound echoes, or a place echoes with a sound, you hear the sound again because you are in a large, empty space:
Their voices echoed around the room.

echo verb (REPEAT)

to repeat something that someone else has said because you agree with it:
This report echoes some of the earlier research I've read.
echo
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈekəʊ/
us
plural echoes

echo noun [C] (SOUND)

a sound that you hear more than once because you are in a big, empty space

echo noun [C] (EVENT/IDEA)

something that is very much like something else and makes you think of it:
[ usually plural ] There are echoes of Shakespeare's work in the play.

(Definition of echo from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of echo

in Chinese (Traditional)
聲音, 回聲,回音,回響, 相似的東西…
in Chinese (Simplified)
声音, 回声,回音,回响, 相似的东西…
in Spanish
eco, hacer eco, eco [masculine]…
in Portuguese
eco, ressoar, eco [masculine]…
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प्रतिध्वनि, प्रतिध्वनि ऐकू येणे, हुबेहूब असणे…
~が反響する, ~を反響させる, エコー…
yankılanmak, eko yapmak, söyleneni kabul ettiğini göstermek için tekrar etmek…
écho [masculine], faire écho, se répercuter…
ressonar, eco…
weerklank, weerklinken, echoën…
சுவர் அல்லது பாறை போன்ற மேற்பரப்பில் இருந்து பிரதிபலித்த பிறகு கேட்கப்படும் ஒலி, ஒரு ஒலி எதிரொலித்தால் அல்லது ஒரு இடம் ஒலியுடன் எதிரொலித்தால், நீங்கள் ஒரு பெரிய…
गूँज, प्रतिध्वनि, गूँजना…
પડઘો, પડઘો પડવો, અનુકરણ…
ekko, genlyd, ekkoe…
eko, eka, upprepa som ett eko…
gema, bergema, ulang…
das Echo, (wider)hallen, nachsprechen…
ekko [neuter], gi gjenlyd, ha lang etterklang…
بازگشت, گونج, گونچ پیدا کرنا…
луна, відбивати(ся) луною, вторити…
повторяться эхом, повторять, эхо…
గోడ లేక కొండ వంటి ఉపరితలం నుండి ప్రతిబింబించిన తర్వాత విన్న శబ్దం, ఒక శబ్దం ప్రతిధ్వనిస్తే లేక స్థలం ధ్వనితో ప్రతిధ్వనిస్తే, మీరు పెద్ద…
يُصْدِر صَدى, صَدى…
প্রতিধ্বনি, প্রতিধ্বনিত হওয়া, অনুরূপ বিবরণের পুনরাবৃত্তি করা এবং আপনাকে অন্য কিছু ভাবতে বাধ্য করা…
ozvěna, vracet, odrážet…
gema, menggemakan, membeo…
เสียงก้อง, ทำเสียงก้อง, ซ้ำ ๆ…
tiếng vang, vang lại, lặp lại…
odbijać lub roznosić się echem, powtarzać, echo…
메아리치다, 소리가 울리다, 메아리…
echeggiare, eco, fare eco…
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