S vs Ditto - What's the difference?
s | ditto |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
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(informal) A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator
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.
To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.
* 1989 , K. K. N. Kurup, Agrarian struggles in Kerala
Used to show agreement with what another person has said.
*Boy: "I'm really busy today!"
*Girl: "Ditto! "
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.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.s
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)Letter
Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}ditto
English
Noun
(en-noun)- A spacious table in the centre, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners.
- Please run off twenty-four dittos of this assignment, for my students.
Synonyms
* (symbol) ditto mark, (abbreviation)Verb
(en verb)- The Communists believed that Prakasam, the Prime Minister, never tried to check the bureaucracy but dittoed every action of the corrupt officials and police.