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eco
1[ ek-oh, ee-koh ]
adjective
- ecological or environmental.
- not harmful to the environment:
an eco resort with no air conditioning.
noun
- ecology.
Eco
2[ ek-oh; Italian e-kaw ]
noun
- Umberto, 1932–2016, Italian novelist and philosopher.
eco-
3- a combining form representing ecology in the formation of compounds ( ecosystem; ecotype ); also with the more general sense “environment,” “nature,” “natural habitat” ( ecocide; ecolaw; ecopolitics ).
eco
1/ ˈiːkəʊ /
eco-
2combining_form
- denoting ecology or ecological
ecocide
ecosphere
Eco
3/ ˈɛkəʊ /
noun
- EcoUmberto1932MItalianWRITING: novelist Umberto. born 1932, Italian semiologist and writer. His novels include The Name of the Rose (1981) and Foucault's Pendulum (1988)
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.
The resulting Wool Runners were comfortable, eco-friendly, machine-washable, and super cute—and sold out almost immediately.
What would have happened had Abe Lincoln lived to have been an eco-activist?
And “stinking rich” is the smell of zero carbon emissions at eco-friendly tech company campuses.
This has led to a burgeoning industry of small businesses, founded and run by women specializing in eco-friendly hygiene products.
Aren, or aen, eco-aco-co are case terminations; tcea-cea marks the verbal noun.
Someone had gutted an eco-mobile to power the night's entertainment.
In this novel, Umberto Eco deals, in a light vein, with the occult considered as the true science.
In other words, use eco only when you wish to accentuate the abstractness, the "nessness" of the idea.
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