DITTO | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of ditto in English dittoadverb uk /ˈdɪt.əʊ/ us /ˈdɪt̬.oʊ/ Add to word list Add to word list used to agree with something that has just been said, or to avoid repeating something that has been said: "I hate reality TV shows" "Ditto." Local residents are opposed to the proposal. Ditto many members of the city council (= they are also opposed). Similar and the same

• adjacent
• affinity
• akin
• alike
• allied
• cognate
• equipollent
• equivalence
• equivalency
• equivalent
• equivalent of something
• mimetic
• monolithic
• muchness
• neck and neck idiom
• next
• next door
• such
• word for word idiom
• Y, y

See more results » dittonoun [ C usually singular ] uk /ˈdɪt.əʊ/ us /ˈdɪt̬.oʊ/ (also ditto mark) a symbol " that means "the same" and is used in a list to avoid writing again the word written immediately above it Punctuation

• abbreviate
• abbreviated
• accent
• acute
• ampersand
• asterism
• at sign
• bracket
• caron
• colon
• curly bracket
• hyphen
• parenthesis
• punctuate
• quote mark
• repunctuation
• round bracket
• scare quotes
• slash
• small capitals

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ditto | American Dictionary

dittoadverb [ not gradable ]   infml us /ˈdɪt̬·oʊ/ Add to word list Add to word list as said before; similarly: It rained Saturday and it rained Sunday. Ditto Monday. (Definition of ditto from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

ditto | Business English

dittonoun [ C, usually singular ] uk /ˈdɪtəʊ/ us Add to word list Add to word list the symbol (〃) that means 'the same' and is written immediately under a word or phrase that you are repeating so you do not have to write it out again (Definition of ditto from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of ditto

ditto One sees a whole row of a street against which appears "very considerable,"very considerable,"ditto,"ditto,"ditto," down to the bottom of the street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I only want to say "ditto" to every word that she said. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What functions do these mysterious persons discharge save saying ditto to the pension officers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The principles of the national healthy schools standard must be upheld; ditto the children's national service framework to promote healthy diets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To make a sweeping statement in that way about the use of ditto marks is surely unwise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ditto for government licenses necessary to cut hair, drive a taxi, open a business or enter a profession. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Behindwoods wrote: there is nothing much to rave about the story and ditto with the performances and the direction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A ditto retains all of the archetype's memories up until the time of duplication. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ditto was released after seven months, but died within a year after his health was aggravated by the conditions of his imprisonment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fanzine printing methods have changed over the decades, from the hectograph, the mimeograph, and the ditto machine, to modern photocopying. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Where teenagers labored to save typing on ditto masters, they now save keystrokes when text messaging. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Costumes consisting of a coat, waistcoat and trousers of the same fabric (called a ditto suit) remained a novelty at this time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ditto literally means "to agree". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ditto for the geologic place name and the name for any federal mining, mineral, or energy leases in the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ditto for the relation between recipes and cakes, blueprints and houses, constitutions and governments, etc. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of ditto These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of ditto?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 也是如此，亦然（表示贊同或避免重複時用）, 表示「同上」或「同前」的符號（"）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 也是如此，亦然（表示赞同或避免重复时用）, 表示“同上”或“同前”的符号（"）… See more in Spanish ídem, comillas, Comillas… See more in Portuguese idem, sinal de idem… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian ben de, al benden de okadar, aynen… See more idem… See more aanhalingstekens als herhalingsteken… See more opakovací znaménko… See more ditto, det samme… See more sama, dito… See more เครื่องหมายละ ใช้เมื่อไม่ต้องการเขียนคำ ๆ นั้นซ้ำอีก… See more như trên… See more tak samo, też, kreseczki… See more ditomarkering… See more seperti di atas… See more dito… See more ditto… See more позначка повторення, означає “стільки ж”, “той самий”… See more Need a translator?

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