re-echo
|re-ech-o|
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/ˌriːˈɛkoʊ/
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/ˌriːˈɛkəʊ/
echo again; repeat
Etymology
're-echo' originates from the Latin prefix 're-' (from Latin 're-', meaning 'again') combined with 'echo', ultimately from Greek 'ēkhō' (ἠχώ), meaning 'sound' or 'cry'.
'echo' passed into English via Latin and Old French; the prefix 're-' was added in English to form 're-echo' to indicate repetition. The compound form has been used in English since at least the 17th–18th centuries.
Initially used literally to mean 'to echo again' (a repeated sound); over time it also came to be used figuratively to mean 'to repeat or restate (an idea or opinion)'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a repeated echo or reverberation; a sound that is echoed again.
They heard a faint re-echo of the drumbeat.
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Noun 2
a repetition or restatement of someone else's idea, view, or statement.
The speech was little more than a re-echo of earlier proposals.
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Verb 1
to echo again; to produce a repeated sound or cause a sound to be echoed again.
Their shouts re-echoed through the valley.
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Verb 2
to be repeated or reiterated (an idea, opinion, or remark); to be echoed by others.
His criticisms were re-echoed in several editorials.
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