Standard Lemma guide

eco

adj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈiː.kəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈi.koʊ/
  • India: /ˈiː.koː/
  • Philippines: /ˈɛkoʊ/
  • homophone: echo
  • CMU ARPABET: IY1 K OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: EH1 K OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Clipping of ecological: environmentally friendly or sensitive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Clipping of economy (“affording economical use, e.g. of an appliance”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Examples

  • This vacuum cleaner has an eco setting which preserves battery life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

name

Meaning 3

Initialism of Energy Company Obligation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

name

Meaning 4

Initialism of Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: board-games, chess, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of the Economic Community of West African States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Abbreviation of engine cutoff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of eternally collapsing object, a type of black hole replacement, to avoid having gravitational singularities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

By clipping.

From ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, who propose to use the currency.