echoing

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present participle of

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.