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Meaning of echo

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  echo
      n 1: the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the
           sound waves; "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps"
           [syn: {echo}, {reverberation}, {sound reflection},
           {replication}]
      2: (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and
         pined away until only her voice remained
      3: a reply that repeats what has just been said
      4: a reflected television or radio or radar beam
      5: a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.; "his
         contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"; "Napoleon
         III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely
         better man"
      6: an imitation or repetition; "the flower arrangement was
         created as an echo of a client's still life"
      v 1: to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of
           their leaders" [syn: {repeat}, {echo}]
      2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
         [syn: {resound}, {echo}, {ring}, {reverberate}]
      3: call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn:
         {echo}, {recall}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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