to echo

Examples

• All

• What now happens in this room will echo across an empire.

  The Last Legion (2007)

• Mother used to sing the songs in German, and her voice would echo across the valleys.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Her voice was very quiet and seemed to echo from deep inside her body.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The mountains will echo your name.

  The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

• If Ukraine is invaded, the shock will echo around the world.

  10 Downing Street

• What we do now echoes in Eternity.

• The passing bell echoes right clear in these mountains.

  The Last Sin Eater (2007)

• The sound of screams and clanging metal echoes around the room.

  Academic text (2011)

• This place really echoes.

  Witness (1985)

• Jacob is shuffling down the stairs as a sonic boom of noise echoes through the streets outside.

  Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

R

to ring

vsto echo

430 1.0

To make a clear sound like a bell that can be heard far away

is the reflected repetition, not only the specific tonal quality

R

to resonate

vsto echo

26 5.1

To make a deep, full sound that echoes in a place

is the reflected repeat without the deep full vibration quality

R

to reverberate

vsto echo

11 6.6

To make a sound echo through a place

is the basic reflected repeat, not always involving many surface bounces

R

to resound

vsto echo

11 5.3

To fill a room with a loud sound that echoes

is the reflected repetition, not focused only on loudness

E

to echoed through

vsto echo

5 4.9

To make a sound that repeats and fills a place

is the reflected repeat without the emphasis on spreading everywhere

R

to reverberate through

vsto echo

3 7.2

Echo through a place or group and keep having an effect over time

is the literal reflected repeat, not mainly about broader social impact

R

to resonate through

vsto echo

1 6.1

To fill a place with sound that is heard clearly everywhere

is the reflected repeat, not focused on filling an entire space

R

to reecho

vsto echo

7.3

To come back as sound after bouncing off walls or hills

is the general reflected repetition rather than repeated many times

R

reechoing

vsto echo

7.2

A sound that repeats because it bounces off walls

is the reflected repetition but not necessarily continuous over time

R

reverberating

vsto echo

6.3

A sound that continues as echoes, like church bells in a valley

is the reflected sound that may not continue as a long series

R

resonating

vsto echo

5.1

A deep, clear sound that continues or a strong effect that stays with you

is the reflected repetition, not necessarily deep or long lasting

Compounds

E

echo chamber

• Literature

9 7.3

A place where people only hear opinions like their own

E

echo chamber

• Specialized

1 7.2

A room made to make sound bounce and create echoes

E

echo sounder

• Specialized

1 5.3

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

R

radar echo

• Specialized

1 6.0

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

E

echo sounding

• Specialized

6.1

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

How Loud

to resonate

26 5.1

to reverberate

11 6.6

to echo

35 1.4

murmur

36 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology