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pre-echo

UK/pɹiːˈɛkəʊ/

pre-echo noun: an early sign or indication of something; a foreshadowing.

Noun

pre-echo (countable and uncountable, plural pre-echos or pre-echoes)

  1. (countable) An early sign or indication of something; a foreshadowing.
    • From the earliest days Christians had searched the Tanakh in their anxiety to find pre-echoes of their own passionate convictions about the God-Man Jesus Christ.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 140
  2. A digital audio compression artifact where a (typically percussive) sound is heard before it should occur.
    Synonyms:
    forward echo

Synonyms of pre-echo

Forms of pre-echo

pluralpre-echos
pluralpre-echoes

Origin of pre-echo

From pre- + echo.

Questions about pre-echo

What does pre-echo mean?
Pre-echo means an early sign or indication of something; a foreshadowing.
What part of speech is pre-echo?
Pre-echo is a noun.
How do you pronounce pre-echo?
Pre-echo is pronounced /pɹiːˈɛkəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of pre-echo?
The plural of pre-echo is pre-echos.

Words near pre-echo in the dictionary

  1. pre-drink
  2. pre-drinking
  3. pre-drinks
  4. pre-drunk
  5. pre-E
  6. pre-echo
  7. pre-echoes
  8. pre-echos
  9. pre-eclampsia
  10. pre-eclampsias
  11. pre-eclamptic

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