echo

A sound you hear again after it hits a surface and comes back.

• I heard an echo in the cave.
• His shout produced several echoes.
• The echo of her voice faded away.

How to use it: echo of something (We heard the echo of a gunshot.)

Common phrases: hear an echo, echo of something, faint echo

The word used to represent the letter E when spelling over a radio.

• The pilot said Echo for E.
• Spell the code as Echo, Bravo, Tango.
• The operator repeated Echo over the radio.

Common phrases: echo bravo, echo tango, letter echo

To send a sound back, or be heard again after sound hits a surface.

• Her voice echoed in the hall.
• The walls echoed his shout back.
• Footsteps echoed through the empty tunnel.

How to use it: echo through something (Their laughter echoed through the house.); echo off something (The shout echoed off the cliff.)

Similar words: reverberate, resound

Common phrases: echo through something, echo off something, echo back

To repeat someone’s words or express the same opinion or feeling.

• She echoed her brother’s concerns.
• His statement echoes the views of many teachers.
• Several speakers echoed that message.

Similar words: repeat

Common phrases: echo someone’s words, echo someone’s views, echo a concern