eclectic method
- n making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style
echo
- n the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
she could hear echoes of her own footsteps - n (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
- n a reply that repeats what has just been said
- n a reflected television or radio or radar beam
- n a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau
Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man - n an imitation or repetition
the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life - v to say again or imitate
followers echoing the cries of their leaders - v ring or echo with sound
- v call to mind
His words echoed John F. Kennedy
echo chamber
- n an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound
echo sounder
- n a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
echo sounding
- n determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it