ditto

  • 21ditto — dit|to1 [ dıtou ] adverb SPOKEN used for saying that you agree with what someone has just said or that your feelings or wishes are the same as theirs: I m having the cheese and tomato pizza. Ditto. ditto (for) someone/something used for saying… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22ditto — [[t]dɪ̱toʊ[/t]] In informal English, you can use ditto to represent a word or phrase that you have just used in order to avoid repeating it. In written lists, ditto can be represented by ditto marks the symbol underneath the word that you want to …

    English dictionary

  • 23ditto — repeat it, write or say the same thing, back at ya, same to you    You jerk! Ditto! You creep! Ditto! Ditto! Double ditto! What! …

    English idioms

  • 24ditto — n. & v. n. (pl. os) 1 (in accounts, inventories, lists, etc.) the aforesaid, the same. Usage: Often represented by under the word or sum to be repeated. 2 colloq. (replacing a word or phrase to avoid repetition) the same (came in late last night… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 25ditto — I. noun (plural dittos) Etymology: Italian ditto, detto, past participle of dire to say, from Latin dicere more at diction Date: circa 1639 1. a thing mentioned previously or above used to avoid repeating a word; often symbolized by inverted… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26ditto — /dit oh/, n., pl. dittos, adv., v., dittoed, dittoing. n. 1. the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Abbr.: do. Symbol: . Cf. ditto mark. 2. another of the same. 3. Informal. a duplicate; copy. adv …

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  • 27ditto — to agree with something another s said or instead of repeating another s already said Jesse: That band blows! Katie: Ditto. Jesse: Later. Katie: ditto …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 28ditto — to agree with something another s said or instead of repeating another s already said Jesse: That band blows! Katie: Ditto. Jesse: Later. Katie: ditto …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 29ditto — noun 1》 the same thing again (used in lists and often indicated by a ditto mark under the word or figure to be repeated). 2》 (also ditto mark) a symbol consisting of two apostrophes („) representing a repetition. Origin C17: from Tuscan dialect,… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30ditto- — (дитто | ditto ) Элемент сложных слов (заимствовано из гр. dittos «двойной» для образования слов диттография [dittographie], диттология [dittologie]); обозначает случайное удвоение как на письме, так и в произношении элемента слова или фразы; см …

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