to echo
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2.5
- verb
- /ˈɛkoʊ/
- And I think what we found in that research echoed what many, many people believed.
- echo the sentiment
- echo the words
- students echo phrases
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Watch on YouTubeExcept that an Australian study echoed pretty much the same findings.
- Except that an Australian study echoed pretty much the same findings.
- And I can, I cannot help but echo your words.
- But anyway, the Chinese premier echoed a lot of what Xi Jinping talked about.
- And hurt and betrayed are two words that I heard echoed over and over again.
- And they all, or many of them in the Trump administration echoed this sentiment.
- So my ask is, if we expect political democracy, why not echo democracy too?
- We attribute them to God, right, so that we can then echo them.
- But nevertheless, that threat has been echoed.
- But as you say, the fact that this has now been seen and echoed by Nancy Mace is telling.
- By the way, this echoes what Aristotle says in the Nicomachean Ethics.
- So black patriotism is, it's not exactly the same rhymes echoes American patriotism.
Examples
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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.
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And I can, I cannot help but echo your words.
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Well, I certainly echo what was said by both Pat and Bill.
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And they all, or many of them in the Trump administration echoed this sentiment.
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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.
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Let me then conclude by also echoing Bart's lover's discourse.
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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
∞
1.0
To do or say something again
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1.6
To repeat someone else's exact words from a book, speech, or person
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1.6
Repeat what you just said so others can hear or understand
127
3.5
Say something aloud from memory in front of other people
93
5.9
To say something again to make it clear
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3.4
To say something again in a different, clearer way
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6.4
To repeat words or actions without understanding them
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6.6
To make a sound echo through a place
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7.7
To repeat facts from memory without understanding or new ideas
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4.0
To make a sound, image, or mood again so it feels like the original
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7.0
To repeat words someone said before or give a new price for something
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8.8
Say a sound or syllable twice to make a new word
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7.3
To come back as sound after bouncing off walls or hills
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7.2
A sound that repeats because it bounces off walls
To say something again to show it is important
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.3
A device that measures water depth by sending sound and timing the echo
- Specialized
1
6.0
A signal that bounces back to a radio device and shows where something is
- Specialized
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6.1
A way to find water depth and underwater objects by sending sound and measuring its return time
How Similar
Surface Forms
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.