eco

UK /ˈiːkəʊ/ US /ˈikoʊ/

noun 3adj 2name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

fiscal, smart

The government introduced new eco fiscal policies to reduce carbon emissions across the country.

VERB + ECO

check, like, sound, speaking

Speaking eco-friendly, we switched to reusable bags last year.

ECO + NOUN

credentials, thing, thinker

The company's eco credentials impressed environmental groups and helped boost their sales.

Definitions

adj

Clipping of ecological: environmentally friendly or sensitive.

Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point […]

Check the eco credentials of your paint – not all are what they say on the tin.

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

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

noun

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.

noun

Abbreviation of engine cutoff.

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

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point […]

Wiktionary

Check the eco credentials of your paint – not all are what they say on the tin.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

You're speaking like Eco.

Tatoeba · #829258

You sound like Eco.

Tatoeba · #829259

Umberto Eco is a thinker who has written extensively on semiology.

Tatoeba · #11835846

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, eco is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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