verb Download 🔗Share (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return. Examples : "The sound of my footsteps was echoing in the empty hallway. " sound physics science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To reflect back (a sound). Examples : "The teacher's voice echoed through the empty classroom. " sound physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.). Examples : "The student, unsure of the answer, was simply echoing the words of the student next to him. " communication language sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To repeat its input as input to some other device or system. Examples : "The meeting software is echoing my microphone input to the speakers, so everyone can hear me clearly. " technology electronics computing communication device sound signal system machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (whist) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds. Examples : ""Sarah was echoing in diamonds, signaling to her partner that she had several more cards of that suit." " game signal communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of something that echoes. Examples : "The echoing in the empty classroom made it hard to understand the teacher's recording. " sound physics environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
