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to echo

to echo

56 2.5
To copy words or ideas from someone else
  • verb
  • /ˈɛkoʊ/
translation icon : repetir
  • And I think what we found in that research echoed what many, many people believed.
  • echo the sentiment
  • echo the words
  • students echo phrases

Except that an Australian study echoed pretty much the same findings.

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Examples

  • Bigger is better: This concept echoes the globalization thesis, but with an emphasis on competition.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I guess I'd first echo what Mr. Clement said.

  • And I can, I cannot help but echo your words.

  • Well, I certainly echo what was said by both Pat and Bill.

  • And they all, or many of them in the Trump administration echoed this sentiment.

  • The decline in concert attendance echoes a trend in declining student music participation in the public schools.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I'm sure my wife echoes my sentiments in hoping you'll join us on the trail, sir.

  • Let me then conclude by also echoing Bart's lover's discourse.

  • Similarly, Moran's narrative of decline echoes the experience related in Molloy's account.

    Academic text (2017)
  • During the meeting, I wanted to echo the concerns raised by my colleagues about the project timeline.

Synonyms

to repeat
vsto echo
1.0

To do or say something again

is specifically about copying or imitating the original form
to quote
vsto echo
710 1.6

To repeat someone else's exact words from a book, speech, or person

is more general not limited to citing or showing a source
to reiterate
vsto echo
100 5.9

To say something again to make it clear

is about imitation rather than stressing the point again
to say again
vsto echo
89 1.6

Repeat what you just said so others can hear or understand

covers imitation in many contexts not only restating recent speech
to recite
vsto echo
86 3.5

Say something aloud from memory in front of other people

is less formal and can be used for informal imitation or copying
to reproduce
vsto echo
26 4.0

To make a sound, image, or mood again so it feels like the original

focuses on imitation or reflection rather than making a precise new copy
to restate
vsto echo
23 3.4

To say something again in a different, clearer way

is about copying the same form rather than changing the words
to parrot
vsto echo
18 6.4

To repeat words or actions without understanding them

is broader and may include deliberate or thoughtful imitation
to regurgitate
vsto echo
16 7.7

To repeat facts from memory without understanding or new ideas

is neutral about understanding and can be deliberate imitation or copying
to reverberate
vsto echo
11 6.6

To make a sound echo through a place

is more about copying or imitating content rather than physical resonance
to ingeminate
vsto echo
  • Archaic
9.9

To say something again to show it is important

is used more for general copying or imitation than emphasis
to reecho
vsto echo
7.3

To come back as sound after bouncing off walls or hills

is wider applying to imitation of sounds words or ideas
reechoing
vsto echo
7.2

A sound that repeats because it bounces off walls

is not limited to physical sound reflection extending to ideas and statements
to reduplicate
vsto echo
  • Specialized
8.8

Say a sound or syllable twice to make a new word

is broader covering whole sounds words or ideas not only parts
to requote
vsto echo
7.0

To repeat words someone said before or give a new price for something

is broader than repeating citations used for imitation in many contexts

Antonyms

153 3.8

To start or create something

39 5.5

Bring in new ideas or ways of doing things

Compounds

echo chamber
  • Literature
9 7.3

A place where people only hear opinions like their own

echo chamber
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A room made to make sound bounce and create echoes

echo sounder
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A device that measures water depth by sending sound and timing the echo

radar echo
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A signal that bounces back to a radio device and shows where something is

echo sounding
  • Specialized
6.1

A way to find water depth and underwater objects by sending sound and measuring its return time

How Similar

to replicate
  • Specialized
66 4.9
to echo
56 2.5
to repeat
1.0
to suggest
2.1

Surface Forms

echo infinitive
echoed past
echoed past participle
echoing present participle
echoes third person singular

Etymology

To echo in speech or ideas follows the same picture: it means to repeat or copy what someone else said, just like the character Echo who could only repeat words.