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ditto | also |

As a noun ditto

is that which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

As an adverb ditto

is as said before, likewise.

As a verb ditto

is to repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.

As an interjection ditto

is used to show agreement with what another person has said.

As an adjective also is

bottom, lower.

ditto

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • A spacious table in the centre, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners.
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  • (informal) A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator
    • Please run off twenty-four dittos of this assignment, for my students.
  • A copy; an imitation.
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  • A symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), when indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.

    • Synonyms

    * (symbol) ditto mark, (abbreviation)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • As said before, likewise.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.
  • * 1989 , K. K. N. Kurup, Agrarian struggles in Kerala
    • The Communists believed that Prakasam, the Prime Minister, never tried to check the bureaucracy but dittoed every action of the corrupt officials and police.

    Synonyms

    * ape * echo

    Interjection

    (head)
  • Used to show agreement with what another person has said.
  • *Boy: "I'm really busy today!"
  • *Girl: "Ditto! "

    • Derived terms

    * suit of dittoes * ditto suit

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    Adverb

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  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
  • (label) To the same degree or extent; so, as.
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  • *:IN suche maner they kepte launcelot four and twenty dayes and also many nyghtes that euer he laye stylle as a dede man / and at the xxv daye byfelle hym after myddaye that he opened his eyen

    • Synonyms

    * too * eke * as well

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