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preecho

preecho is the alternative form of pre-echo.

Meaning of pre-echo

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

Forms of preecho

pluralpreechos
pluralpreechoes

Questions about preecho

What is preecho the alternative form of?
Preecho is the alternative form of pre-echo.

Words near preecho in the dictionary

  1. preearthquake
  2. Preece
  3. Preeces
  4. Preeceville
  5. preechinulin
  6. preecho
  7. preechoes
  8. preechos
  9. preeclampsia
  10. preeclampsias
  11. preeclamptic

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