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echoes

noun

Meaning

  1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
  2. An utterance repeating what has just been said.
  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. Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
  5. The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
  6. The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  7. (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.
  8. To reflect back (a sound).
  9. (by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.).
  10. To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
  11. (whist) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
  12. The visual image formed by an echocardiograph.
  13. The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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