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Dittoed vs Ditted - What's the difference?

dittoed | ditted |

As verbs the difference between dittoed and ditted

is that dittoed is past tense of ditto while ditted is past tense of dit.

dittoed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ditto)

    • 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

    ditted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dit)

    • dit

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ditten, .

    Verb

  • To stop up; block (an opening); close. Cf. Scots dit.
    • Related terms
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    Etymology 2

    Variant of dite.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit : / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].
  • (obsolete) A word; a decree.

    • Etymology 3

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

    • See also

    * dah

    Etymology 4

    Old English dyttan, akin to Icelandic ditta.

    Verb

    (ditt)
  • (obsolete) To close up.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 5

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • decimal digit

    • Anagrams

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