2echo verb
echoes; ech·oed; echo·ing 1 [no obj] a : to be filled with sounds and especially with echoes
▪ The stadium echoed [=resounded] with cheers.
b : to fill a space, area, etc., with sounds and especially with echoes
▪ The music echoed through the church. ▪ Laughter echoed across the lake. ▪ Their voices echoed in/along the hall. — sometimes used figuratively ▪ His words echoed in my head/ears. [=I kept thinking about what he had said] 2 [+ obj] : to repeat (what someone else has said or written)
▪ His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field. ▪ “It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed. ▪ Others have echoed her criticisms. 3 [+ obj] a : to have a feature or quality that repeats or resembles (something else)
▪ The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song. ▪ The color of the sofa is echoed in the painting above it. = The painting echoes the color of the sofa. [=the color of the painting is like the color of the sofa]
b : to be similar to something that happened or existed before
▪ The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.
▪ The stadium echoed [=resounded] with cheers.
b : to fill a space, area, etc., with sounds and especially with echoes
▪ The music echoed through the church. ▪ Laughter echoed across the lake. ▪ Their voices echoed in/along the hall. — sometimes used figuratively ▪ His words echoed in my head/ears. [=I kept thinking about what he had said]
▪ His warnings are echoed by many other experts in the field. ▪ “It's in Rome.” “In Rome?” she echoed. ▪ Others have echoed her criticisms.
▪ The book's title echoes a line from an old folk song. ▪ The color of the sofa is echoed in the painting above it. = The painting echoes the color of the sofa. [=the color of the painting is like the color of the sofa]
b : to be similar to something that happened or existed before
▪ The crime echoes last year's shocking murders.
