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Echo

A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

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Analog 76% connected

something having the property of being analogous to something else

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Analogue 76% connected

That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Imitation 76% connected

The act of imitating.

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Nymph 76% connected

A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.

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Parallel 76% connected

Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

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Reflection 76% connected

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

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Reflexion 76% connected

See Reflection.

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Reply 76% connected

To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

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Resemble 76% connected

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

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Response 76% connected

The act of responding.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Manner of action 6

Cuckoo 76% connected

A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.

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Parrot 76% connected

In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.

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Recite 76% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Reecho 76% connected

To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon.

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Regurgitate 76% connected

To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.

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Reproduce 76% connected

To produce again.

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Repeat 74% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Repeat 74% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Resonant 74% connected

Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.

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Resonant 74% connected

Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.

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Resound 74% connected

To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

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Resound 74% connected

To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

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Synonym 7

Recall 92% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Repeat 92% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Replication 92% connected

An answer; a reply.

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Resound 92% connected

To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

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Reverberate 92% connected

Reverberant.

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Reverberation 92% connected

The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the rever…

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Ring 92% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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