I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ distant , faint
▪ clear , distinct , loud , strong ( often figurative )
▪
There are clear ~es of Elvis Presley in his vocal style.
▪ hollow
▪ eerie , ghostly
▪
The initial reports had an eerie ~ of the attacks two weeks earlier.
▪
ghostly ~es of Virginia's past
▪ returning
▪
The bat compares the sound of its cry with the sound of the returning ~.
VERB + ECHO
▪ hear , listen for , listen to
▪
We could just hear a faint ~.
▪ make , produce , send back , send out
▪
Their footsteps on the bare boards sent out hollow ~es.
▪ contain , have ( both figurative )
▪
The story has ~es of Alice in Wonderland.
▪ find ( figurative )
▪
The political upheavals find an ~ in the art of the time.
ECHO + VERB
▪ bounce back , bounce off sth , rebound , reverberate
▪
The ~es reverberated through the auditorium.
▪ come back , return
▪
An ~ came back from the walls of the building.
▪ die , die away
▪
The ~ slowly died away.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
the ~ from a brick wall
II.
verb
1 come back as an echo
ADVERB
▪ faintly , slightly , softly
▪ loudly
▪ eerily , strangely
▪ ominously
▪ hollowly
▪
The sound ~ed hollowly through the tall empty house.
▪ still
▪ back
▪
Their voices ~ed back across the water.
VERB + ECHO
▪ seem to
PREPOSITION
▪ across
▪
The protest seemed to ~ across the room.
▪ around , round ( esp. BrE )
▪
His voice ~ed around the room.
▪ down
▪
Her footsteps ~ed down the corridor.
▪ in
▪
Her screams still ~ed in his ears.
▪ off
▪
The call ~ed off the walls of the cave.
▪ through
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Laughter ~ed through the house.
▪ with
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The great hall ~ed with laughter.
2 repeat/agree with sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ exactly
▪ widely
▪
an opinion that is widely ~ed in the tabloid press
▪ clearly
▪ merely , only , simply
▪
In his statement, the police chief merely ~ed the views of his deputy.
▪ incredulously
▪
‘He's gone!’ Viv ~ed incredulously.
VERB + ECHO
▪ seem to
▪
Their ideas seem to ~ our own.
Echo is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ applause , ↑ bang , ↑ boom , ↑ crack , ↑ cry , ↑ explosion , ↑ footstep , ↑ gunfire , ↑ roar , ↑ scream , ↑ shout , ↑ sound , ↑ thunder , ↑ voice , ↑ word
Echo is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ concern , ↑ refrain , ↑ sentiment , ↑ view , ↑ word