ECHOES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English: from Old French or Latin, from Greek ēkhō, related to ēkhē ‘a sound’

a sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener

sound caused by reflection of sound from surface

• the walls threw back the echoes of his footsteps

a close parallel to an idea, feeling, or event

close parallel to something

• his love for her found an echo in her own feelings

a person who slavishly repeats the words or opinions of another

person who slavishly repeats someone's words

• Clarendon, whom they reckoned the faithful echo of their master's intentions

used in names of newspapers

in names of newspapers

• the South Wales Echo

a code word representing the letter E, used in radio communication.

code word representing letter E

a play by a defender of a higher card in a suit followed by a lower one in a subsequent trick, used as a signal to request a further lead of that suit by their partner.

play in Bridge

(of a sound) be repeated or reverberate after the original sound has stopped

be repeated after original sound has stopped

• their footsteps echoed on the metal catwalks

(of an object or event) be reminiscent of or have shared characteristics with

be reminiscent of

• a blue suit that echoed the colour of her eyes

send a copy of (an input signal or character) back to its source or to a screen for display

send copy of input signal back to source

• for security reasons, the password will not be echoed to the screen

(of a defender) play a higher card followed by a lower one in the same suit, as a signal to request one's partner to lead that suit.

play card as echo in Bridge