echo

/ˈɛkəʊ//ˈɛkoʊ/

noun

  1. 1

    A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.

  2. 2

    An utterance repeating what has just been said.

  3. 3

    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. 4

    Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.

  5. 5

    The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.

  6. 6

    The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

  7. 7

    (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.

  8. 8

    (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. 1

    (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.

  2. 2

    To reflect back (a sound).

  3. 3

    (by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.).

    Sid echoed his father's point of view.
  4. 4

    To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.

  5. 5

    (whist) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.

noun

  1. 1

    The visual image formed by an echocardiograph.

noun

  1. 1

    The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.

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