echo

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a sound that is heard after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff:

The echoes of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds.

Thick carpet would reduce the echo in this hallway.

a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else:

echo of There are echoes of Mozart in her first piano compositions.

If a sound echoes or a place echoes with a sound, you hear the sound again because you are in a large, empty space:

echo around The sound of footsteps echoed around the hall.

echo with Suddenly, the building echoed with the sound of gunfire.

to repeat details that are similar to, and make you think of, something else:

The design of the church echoes that of St. Paul's Cathedral.

I've heard the prime minister's view echoed throughout the party.

a sound that is heard again after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff:

The cave was filled with the echoes of our voices.

a quality or other detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else:

The son’s behavior is a clear echo of his father’s.

to fill a place with repeating sounds, or to be filled with these sounds:

The sound of footsteps echoed through the hall.

to express or think what someone else has said or thought:

Brownell’s comments echoed the opinion of the majority of the commission members.