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say it: EK-oh
echo is a noun and verb meaning "the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves". It is pronounced /ˈɛkoʊ/ — EK-oh. It carries 9 recorded senses.
the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
“she could hear echoes of her own footsteps”
(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
Greek mythology
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”
an imitation or repetition
“the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for echo come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.