echoes

Noun

echo (countable and uncountable, plural echoes or echos)

1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
   • The babbling echo mocks the hounds.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
2. An utterance repeating what has just been said.
3. 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. (figuratively) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
   • Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them.1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC
5. (figuratively) Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.
   • The frustration with the political process that in the '60s led to the formation of resistance groups finds an echo in today's increasingly confrontational tactics.1991 February 4, Owen Shows, “Start Making Sense”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 11
6. (figuratively) An insignificant indirect result; a ripple.

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