reecho

or re-ech·o

[ ree-ek-oh ]

/ riˈɛk oʊ /

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verb (used without object), re·ech·oed, re·ech·o·ing.

to echo back, as a sound.

to give back an echo; resound.

verb (used with object), re·ech·oed, re·ech·o·ing.

to echo back.

to repeat like an echo.

noun, plural re·ech·oes.

a repeated echo.

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Origin of reecho

First recorded in 1580–90; re- + echo

How to use reecho in a sentence

The odds of getting re-arrested are a lot slimmer if a person has a job.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Many hold classes in their living rooms, asking students to help re-arrange and then later put back furniture.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He won re-election twice as governor of New York, and had the hubris to run for a fourth term before being defeated in 1994.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They would have to get court approval to re-home their children.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Now Wisconsin is considering making it mandatory for parents who adopt overseas to have their children “re-adopted” in the state.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some were even re-arrested for the same nefarious purpose, and the daily papers published their names on each occasion.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The world may end, the heavens fall, yet loving voices would still find an echo in the ruins of the universe.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
But first he held a whispered colloquy with the Princess, whom he entreated, or persuaded, to re-enter her gorgeous vehicle.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
"Yes, Alessandro," she answered faintly, the gusts sweeping her voice like a distant echo past him.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
They are still comparatively supple, and any misplaced pinnæ may be re-arranged without any difficulty.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin

British Dictionary definitions for reecho

re-echo

/ (riːˈɛkəʊ) /

verb -oes, -oing or -oed

to echo (a sound that is already an echo); resound

(tr) to repeat like an echo

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