1. noun lang=fr|/ˈekəʊ/
b) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
2. verb lang=fr|/ˈekəʊ/
a) To reflect off of a surface and return to someone who has heard it already.
Sid echoed his fathers point of view.
b) To repeat back precisely what another has just said: to copy in the imitation of a natural echo.
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