echo
gb/ˈɛkoʊ/ us/ˈɛkoʊ/
A2
Inglês
~ 3800
Acepções
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Substantivo
A2
entity
1
sound heard after reflection
A sound you hear again because it bounces back from a wall, mountain, or other hard surface.
Padrão de uso:
an echo of [a sound/noise]
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes confuse 'echo' with 'repeat', but 'echo' refers specifically to a sound reflecting back, not just saying something again.
Sinônimos
reverberation (A more technical term often used in acoustics and audio engineering.)
Antônimos
silence (The complete absence of sound; opposite of having an audible reflection.)
Colocações
faint echo
|loud echo
|hear an echo
|voice echo
|distant echo
Temas
nature
|science
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Exemplos
- Her voice produced an echo in the empty hall.
- We heard the echo of our footsteps in the cave.
- The canyon walls created a long, rolling echo.
- He shouted and waited for the echo to return.
- The microphone picked up an echo during the recording.
Exemplos para estudantes
- I heard an echo when I shouted.
- The cave made a big echo.
- We heard an echo in the tunnel.
- She shouted and an echo came back.
- The hall gave an echo of his voice.
Verbo
B1
action
2
to make a reflected sound
To make a sound that comes back to you, or to say something that someone else has just said.
Padrão de uso:
[something] echoes [in/through place]
Erro comum:
Some learners overuse 'echo' for any repeated event; it should be used for sound or very close figurative repetition.
Sinônimos
resound (Emphasizes a loud, prolonged sound filling a space.)
Antônimos
muffle (To make a sound quieter so it cannot echo.)
Colocações
echo through the hall
|words echoed
|gunshots echoed
|echo around
Temas
nature
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Exemplos
- Gunfire echoed through the valley.
- Her laughter echoed in the empty room.
- The teacher's words echoed in his mind long after class.
- The canyon echoed with the roar of water.
- His shout echoed across the lake.
Exemplos para estudantes
- The gunshot echoed in the street.
- His voice echoed in the cave.
- The hall echoed with music.
- Her laugh echoed in the room.
- The canyon echoed with their voices.
Substantivo
B2
entity
3
something similar to a past thing
Something that looks or feels like something from before.
Padrão de uso:
an echo of [something]
Erro comum:
Learners may think 'echo' here means literal sound; it is figurative, meaning similarity or reminder.
Sinônimos
reminder (Focuses on bringing something to mind rather than similarity in form or event.)
Antônimos
original (Something entirely new, without similarity to past things.)
Colocações
an echo of history
|faint echoes of the past
|political echoes
Temas
history
|art
|literature
|core_vocabulary
Exemplos
- The design has echoes of ancient Greek architecture.
- His speech contained echoes of his earlier campaign promises.
- The painting is an echo of her previous work.
- There were echoes of old conflicts in their argument.
Exemplos para estudantes
- This song has echoes of old music.
- The building shows echoes of Roman style.
- Her story is an echo of my own life.
- The movie has echoes of real events.
Gramática
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echo
AFI
GB/ˈɛkoʊ/
US/ˈɛkoʊ/
Sílabas e tonicidade
echo (1 sílaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (echo)
Formas da palavra
Noun
- Base: echo
- Plural: echo, echoes, echos
Verb
- Base: echo
- 3rd Person Singular: echoes
- Present Participle: echoing
- Past: echoed
- Past Participle: echoed
Família de palavras
Forms
echoes
noun
echos
noun
echoing
verb
echoed
verb
Related words
echoey
adjective
Advanced or less common
echolocation
noun C1
echolocate
verb C1
Expressões
echo back
1/ˈɛkoʊ bˈæk/
phrasal verb
repeat what was just heard
To say or make a sound that is the same as one you just heard.
Exemplos
- The mountains echoed back our shouts.
- She echoed back his words to make sure she understood them.
echo chamber
1/ˈɛkoʊ t͡ʃˈeɪmbɚ/
fixed phrase
place where only similar views are heard
A situation where you only hear ideas that are the same as yours, so your opinion never changes.
Exemplos
- Social media can become an echo chamber where opposing views are never seen.
- Living in an echo chamber makes it hard to understand other perspectives.
with echoes of
1/wˈɪθ ˈɛkoʊz əv/
fixed phrase
having similarities to something else
Having parts that are like something from before.
Exemplos
- The movie was with echoes of old noir films.
- His speech was with echoes of past leaders.