C2verbartstravel
US/ˈek.oʊ/
UK/ˈek.əʊ/
to be repeated as a sound bounces back; also, to repeat or remind people of an earlier idea or style
In context
Our voices echoed through the huge cave as we walked deeper inside.
The building's curved roof echoes the shape of a lotus leaf.
Her new collection echoes the fashion of the 1970s.
Words that go with echo
verb + preposition
- echo throughLaughter echoed through the empty theater.
- echo aroundThe drums echoed around the stadium.
verb + noun
- echo the wordsHis speech echoed the words of his father.
- echo the styleThe new hotel echoes the style of old French villas.
adverb + verb
- closely echoThe plot closely echoes a famous Korean drama.