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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
echo n 1: the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves; "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps" [syn: echo, reverberation, sound reflection, replication] 2: (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained 3: a reply that repeats what has just been said 4: a reflected television or radio or radar beam 5: a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.; "his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"; "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man" 6: an imitation or repetition; "the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life" v 1: to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" [syn: repeat, echo] 2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate] 3: call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn: echo, recall] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Echo \Ech"o\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Echoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Echoing. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. Echoes.] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. [1913 Webster] Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. --Keble. [1913 Webster] 2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt. [1913 Webster] They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they envied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Echo \Ech"o\ ([e^]k"[-o]), n.; pl. Echoes ([e^]k"[=o]z). [L. echo, Gr. 'hchw` echo, sound, akin to 'hchh`, 'h^chos, sound, noise; cf. Skr. v[=a][,c] to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. ['e]cho.] 1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound. [1913 Webster] The babbling echo mocks the hounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer. [1913 Webster] Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster] 3. (a) (Myth. & Poetic) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them. [1913 Webster] Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell. --Milton. (b) (Gr. Myth.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice. [1913 Webster] Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. (Whist, Contract Bridge) (a) 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 signaled for trumps. (b) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Echo organ (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell. Echo stop (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. --Shak. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Echo \Ech"o\, v. i. To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. "Echoing noise." --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] | ||
5. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) | ||
ECHO European Community Host Organisation (org., Europe) | ||
6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
echo 1. A topic group on FidoNet's echomail system. Compare newsgroup. 2. A Unix command that just prints its arguments. [Jargon File] | ||
7. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) | ||
Echo, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon Population (2000): 650 Housing Units (2000): 252 Land area (2000): 0.595598 sq. miles (1.542591 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.595598 sq. miles (1.542591 sq. km) FIPS code: 22200 Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41 Location: 45.741196 N, 119.194632 W ZIP Codes (1990): 97826 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Echo, OR Echo | ||
8. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) | ||
Echo, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 278 Housing Units (2000): 136 Land area (2000): 1.017813 sq. miles (2.636124 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.017813 sq. miles (2.636124 sq. km) FIPS code: 17900 Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27 Location: 44.617088 N, 95.415071 W ZIP Codes (1990): 56237 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Echo, MN Echo | ||
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