pre-ech|o

pre-ech|o
pre-ech|o «pree EHK oh», noun, plural -ech|oes, verb, -ech|oed, -ech|o|ing.
–n.
1. an echo heard on a phonograph record before hearing the sound that causes it, due to a defect in the record: »

new and exciting Leinsdorf is marred by pre-echo (Atlantic).

2. a foreshadowing.
–v.t.
to show or hint at before hand; prefigure; foreshadow: »

Fittingly, the disturbance pre-echoed a scene in the play (Time). One after another his familiar devices are pre-echoed—the cello obbligato, the divided cellos, the flutter of the woodwind (London Times).


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