ECHOED

Definition: ECHOED

ECHOED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Echo

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "ECHOED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Crosswords: ECHOED

English words defined with "ECHOED": echo ♦ lifeless ♦ recall. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ECHOED": pointing device ♦ QuikSCAT. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	And echoed ("Sounds of Silence"; performing artist: Simon & Garfunkel)
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Fauchelevent echoed the word.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Thirty feet they moved, and their breathing echoed from the curved ceiling.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		These sentiments were echoed by almost every foreign businessman interviewed for this reports. (references)
		A "eurobarometer 2000" poll exemplifies this hostility against genetically modified food. Common sentiments echoed by respondents were that, "even if GM-food has advantages, it is against nature;" "if something went wrong, it would be a global disaster;" and "GM-food is simply not necessary. (references)
Human Rights	Jamaica	The PNP's council on human rights echoed the residents' call. (references)
	Togo	The U.N./OAU Commission of Inquiry that visited the country in November 2000 echoed these accusations. (references)
Minorities	Nigeria	Other ethnic minorities, particularly in Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom states, have echoed the Ogoni ethnic group's claims of environmental degradation and government indifference to their development in the Delta. (references)
Political Economy	Ireland	In recent months, however, opposition parties have echoed the European Commission's criticisms that the government is pursuing over-expansionary fiscal policies, and tax cuts should be resisted. (references)
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	This faith was echoed in all parts of the world.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Once we reduce the deficit and put the steel back into our competitive edge, the world echoed with the sound of falling trade barriers.
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"ECHOED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 64.67% of the time. "ECHOED" is used about 817 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	64.67%	528	11,584
Lexical Verb (past participle)	34.72%	284	17,292
Adjective (general or positive)	0.61%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	817	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "ECHOED": echoed-up.
	Ending with "ECHOED": re-echoed.
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Language		Translations for "ECHOED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		发出回声 (Echoing). (various references)

German		widerhallt (resounds). (various references)

Korean		�"아리치�". (various references)

Pig Latin		echoeday.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "ECHOED": outechoed, reechoed. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"ECHOED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: choed, eche, echeod, Echibey, echoe, Echorec, Ecroyd, Eeckhout, Eochaidh, eshoe, Eshwood, ethmoid, rechromed, Schodek. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ECHOED" (pronounced e"kōd)
3	-k ō d	frescoed.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-h-o"
	-1 letter: eched.
	-2 letters: cede, code, coed, deco, eche, echo, heed, hoed, ohed.
	-3 letters: cee, cod, dee, doc, doe, edh, hod, hoe, ode.
	-4 letters: de, do, ed, eh, he, ho, od, oe, oh.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-h-o"
	+1 letter: cohered, ochered.
	+2 letters: coheaded, cokehead, coshered, debouche, hectored, reechoed, tochered.
	+3 letters: beclothed, choppered, chowdered, coinhered, cokeheads, crocheted, debouched, debouches, deckhouse, echeloned, hydrocele, outechoed, reclothed, retouched, vouchered.
	+4 letters: bedclothes, beechdrops, bescorched, chaperoned, checkrowed, comprehend, coolheaded, copperhead, decahedron, deckhouses, echinoderm, encroached, endothecia, helicopted, hydroceles, outcheated, outreached, outschemed, overarched, reproached, reschooled, ricocheted, scouthered, synecdoche, theodicies.
	+5 letters: archdiocese, beachcombed, bodychecked, chemisorbed, chowderhead, cohostessed, coldhearted, comprehends, copperheads, debouchment, decahedrons, discotheque, dodecahedra, echinoderms, endothecium, endothermic, forechecked, forereached, honeycombed, outachieved, outpreached, overcharged, overchilled, overcoached, overmatched, overreached, photoreduce, placeholder, rhabdocoele, ricochetted, schnorkeled, synecdoches, truncheoned, unretouched.
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