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1. To say again or imitate
   "followers echoing the cries of their leaders";
   - repeat
    
2. Fill for a short time with sound and echoes
   "the hall echoed with laughter";
   - resound, ring, reverberate
    
3. Call to mind
   "His words echoed John F. Kennedy";
   - recall

1. The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
   "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps";
   - reverberation, sound reflection, replication
    
2. A reply that repeats what has just been said
    
3. (electronics) a reflected television, radio or radar beam
    
4. 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"
    
5. An imitation or repetition
   "the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life"

1. (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained

Derived forms: echoed, echoes, echoing

Type of: analog [US], analogue, emit, go, imitation, let loose, let out, nymph, parallel, reflection, reflectivity, reflexion [Brit], reply, resemble, response, sound, utter

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