echo
noun
- 1
A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
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An utterance repeating what has just been said.
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A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
- 4
Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
- 5
The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
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The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
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(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.
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(whist) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
verb
- 1
(of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.
- 2
To reflect back (a sound).
- 3
(by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.).
“Sid echoed his father's point of view.”
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To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
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(whist) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
noun
- 1
The visual image formed by an echocardiograph.
noun
- 1
The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.
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