echo

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q182767}}A [[reflect]]ed [[sound]] that is heard again by its initial observer.
2. An [[utterance]] repeating what has just been said.
3. {{lb|en|poetry}} A [[device]] in [[verse]] in which a [[line]] ends with a [[word]] which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
5. {{lb|en|figurative}} Something that [[reflect]]s or [[hearken back|hearkens back]] to an earlier thing.
6. {{lb|en|figurative}} An insignificant indirect result; a [[ripple]].
7. {{lb|en|computing}} The displaying on the [[command line]] of the command that has just been executed.
8. {{lb|en|computing}} An individual [[discussion]] [[forum]] using the [[echomail]] system.
9. {{lb|en|international standards}} {{alt case|mul|Echo}} {{ng|from the {{w|NATO Phonetic Alphabet|NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet}}.}}
10. {{lb|en|whist|bridge}} A [[signal]], played in the same manner as a [[trump]] signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose [[partner]] has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
11. {{lb|en|whist|bridge}} A signal showing the number held of a plain [[suit]] when a [[high card]] in that suit is led by one's partner.
12. An [[antisemitic]] [[punctuation]] symbol or marking, [[((( )))]], placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is [[Jewish]] or the [[entity]] is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a [[sound]] or [[sound wave]]s: to [[reflect]] off a [[surface]] and [[return]]; to [[reverberate]] or [[resound]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} Of a [[rumour]], [[opinion]]{{,}} etc.: to [[spread]] or [[reverberate]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To reflect back (a sound).
4. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To repeat (another’s speech, opinion{{,}} etc.).
5. {{lb|en|computing|transitive}} To repeat its [[input]] as input to some other device or system.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|whist|bridge}} To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|Greek mythology}} An [[oread]], punished by [[Hera]] by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.
2. {{place|en|number of places|c/USA}}:
3. {{lb|en|astronomy}} {{w|60 Echo}}, a main belt [[asteroid]].

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