pre-echo en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɹiːˈɛkəʊ/ (UK)
Etymology
From pre- + echo.
Meanings
-
(countable) An early sign or indication of something; a foreshadowing.
From the earliest days Christians had searched the Tanakh in their anxiety to find pre-echoes of their own passionate convictions about the God-Man Jesus Christ.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 140:
- (countable, uncountable) A digital audio compression artifact where a (typically percussive) sound is heard before it should occur.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-echoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pre-echos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |