Echo
- proper noun
- /ˈɛkoʊ/
- Literature
- After being rejected by Narcissus, Echo faded away until only her voice remained.
Examples
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When dawn breaks in Echo Park near downtown Los Angeles, the locals begin to--
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In the myth, Echo, a mountain nymph, was cursed to only repeat the words of others.
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Little Sir Echo, how do you do?
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Parker, can we hike out to Echo Point today?
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This is Echo Lake.
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Driving straight through, I reach a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Echo Park and sigh with relief.
Fiction book (1994) -
The tragic story of Echo illustrates the pain of unrequited love.
Compounds
- Specialized
A device that measures water depth by sending sound and timing the echo
- Specialized
A signal that bounces back to a radio device and shows where something is
- Specialized
A way to find water depth and underwater objects by sending sound and measuring its return time
Surface Forms
Etymology
Echo comes from a Greek mountain nymph who was rejected and could only repeat the last words she heard. It also comes from the Greek word ēchō meaning 'sound', so an echo today is a sound that comes back or repeats.