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dit??to ? (dt)
n. pl. dit??tos
1. The same as stated above or before.
2. A duplicate; a copy.
3. A pair of small marks ( " ) used to indicated that the word, phrase, or
figure given above is to be repeated.
adv.
As before.
tr.v. dit??toed, dit??to??ing, dit??tos
To duplicate (a document, for example).
[Italian dialectal, past participle of Italian dire, to say, from Latin dcere;
see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: Ditto, which at first glance seems a handy and insignificant sort
of word, actually has a Roman past, for it comes from dictus, "having been
said," the past participle of the verb dcere, "to say." In Italian dcere became
dire and dictus became detto, or in the Tuscan dialect ditto. Italian detto or
ditto meant what said does in English, as in the locution "the said story."
Thus the word could be used in certain constructions to mean "the same as what
has been said"; for example, having given the date December 22, one could use
26 detto or ditto for 26 December. The first recorded use of ditto in English
occurs in such a construction in 1625. The sense "copy" is an English
development, first recorded in 1818. Ditto has even become a trademark for a
duplicating machine.
ditto
Noun
pl -tos
the above; the same: used in lists to avoid repetition, and represented by the
mark (,,) placed under the thing repeated
Adverb
in the same way [Italian (dialect) detto said]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ditto - a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
ditto mark
mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a
punctuation mark"
Verb1.ditto - repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her
argument"
ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or
perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
Translations
ditto [?d?t?u] adv ? ??dem, lo mismo
ditto [?d?t?u] adv ? idem
ditto [?d?t?u] adv ? dito, ebenfalls
ditto [?d?t?u] adv ? idem
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27 Porters 3 Coarse Washers and Ironers 44 Mules 1 Fine ditto 44 Muleteers 7
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two jack-towels, three small wooden basins, a keg of water and a ladle to serve
it out with, six square inches of looking-glass, two ditto ditto of yellow
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Main Entry:ditto
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:the same; duplicate
Synonyms:clone, copy, double, duplication, facsimile, likewise, reproduction,
the above, the very words
Main Entry:ditto
Part of Speech:noun
Synonyms:agreement, alike, copy, duplicate, repeat, same
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Ditto (from Italian detto "(in) the said (month or year)"[1]) may refer to:
In English:
(noun) something mentioned previously or above; used to avoid repetition;
(adverb) as before or aforesaid[2]
In printing:
Ditto machine, a type of small printing press
In media and popular culture:
Ditto (convention), an annual science fiction fanzine convention
Ditto (1937 film), a 1937 film starring Buster Keaton
Ditto (2000 film), a 2000 South Korean film
Ditto (Pok??mon), a Pok??mon species
Ditto (song), a song by American singer Cassie
Ditto, a character in the Ben 10 animated series
One of the twins in the comic strip Hi and Lois
People:
Beth Ditto (born 1981), singer of American band The Gossip
J. Kane Ditto, former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
Other:
Ditto mark (", ??? or do.; Unicode: U+3003) meaning "repeat the above
information here"
Ditto drive, an Iomega tape drive
Ditto suit, an early precursor of the lounge suit
Ditto, a plugin for ModX CMS
[edit] See also
Dittohead
[edit] References
^ "Online Etymology Dictionary: ditto". Archived from the original on
2006-05-25. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ditto
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