Echo / resonance

Not so much. To echo a statement is to repeat it. "Resonance" is in vogue now, and it should therefore be avoided so you don't sound like a buzz-word jockey.

Will this work:

"What Obama said yesterday has echoes of what Al Gore said ten years ago." ?

Thank you.

Hi,
Not quite. This is what you intended to say, isn't it?

SuperESLWill this work:"What Obama said yesterday has echoes of what Al Gore said ten years ago." ?

What Al Gore said ten years ago was echoed by Obama yesterday....

You/One can hear echoes of Al Gore ten years past in what Obama said yesterday.

"Has echoes" does not work.

My dictionary gives the following example for this definition of 'echo' - "the fact of an idea, event, etc. being like another and reminding you of it; sth that reminds you of sth else":

"Yesterday’s crash has grim echoes of previous disasters."

So I thought I could say A has echoes of B if I meant to say A and B are similar.

No?

Thank you.

SuperESLMy dictionary gives the following example for this definition of 'echo' - "the fact of an idea, event, etc. being like another and reminding you of it; sth that reminds you of sth else":

May I ask which dictionary it was that your quoted from ? This definition is correct, but is it absolutely100% ? I

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

The Merriam-Webster's learner's dictionary online also gives a similar though not identical usage:

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/echo

2 a : something (such as a feature or quality) that repeats or resembles something else
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SuperESLMy dictionary gives the following example for this definition of 'echo' - "the fact of an idea, event, etc. being like another and reminding you of it; sth that reminds you of sth else": "Yesterday’s crash has grim echoes of previous disasters."So I thought I could say A has echoes of B if I meant to say A and B are similar.No?Thank you.

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Fine. Thank you.

enoonI don't like it. I stand by my statement.

I ditto that!