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Definition echo in British English

echo noun

[countable] noun
/ˈekəʊ/
1

a noise that is repeated because the sound hits a surface and returns

Example

the echo of footsteps in the alley

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2

an idea or phrase that is like one that has been expressed before

Example

His argument contains clear echoes of 1980s free-market philosophy.

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2.1

something that is very like a thing that happened or was produced before

Example

the violence of the past and its recent echoes

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Definition echo in British English