echo

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See also Echo, écho, and echó

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

Latin echo ← Greek ἠχώ (reflected sound), from ἠχή (sound).

[edit] Noun

Singular
echo

Plural
echoes or echos

echo (plural echoes or echos)

  1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
  2. (computing): The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
  3. The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from echo

[edit] Translations

a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer
the displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed
the letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to echo

Third person singular
echoes

Simple past
echoed

Past participle
echoed

Present participle
echoing

to echo (third-person singular simple present echoes, present participle echoing, simple past and past participle echoed)

  1. To repeat back what another has just said.

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[edit] Translations

to repeat back what another has just said
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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

echo

  1. First-person singular indicative of echar.
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