ditto

CEFRC2

/ˈdɪtəʊ/

adverb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    Used to say that the same applies to you or another item.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    A suit of clothes of the same color throughout.

Examples

  • You say "ditto", and that's not the same as "I love you".

  • She accidentally printed out a ditto.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈdɪɾoʊ]
  • /ˈdɪtoʊ/

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meaning

  1. The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

  2. A copy made by (run off by) a ditto machine (especially, a worksheet thus reproduced).

More examples

In context

  • Please run off twenty-four dittos of this assignment for my students.

  • I'm really busy today! —Ditto!

  • […]a spacious table in the centre, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners:[…]

Synonyms

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Origin

adverb

First attested in 1625. From regional Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of dire (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“to say, to speak”). Not related to English dittography. The specific meaning of making copies of paper comes from ditto machine, a genericization from the brand name of a spirit duplicator.