ditto

ˈdɪtəʊ

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#1·6h ago

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

The opening shot of "Crystal Skull" shows the playful side of director Steven Spielberg, who seems to have a weak spot for cute animals. See "AI Artificial Intelligence" for Exhibit A. Ditto for executive producer George Lucas. See "Retu…

Origin: First attested in 1625. From regional , variant of detto, past participle of to say, from . Not related to or . The specific meaning of making copies of paper comes from ditto machine, a genericization from the brand name of a spirit duplicator. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·6h ago

The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.

He has created for himself a honed, primed-for-victory body and is working hard on a ditto mind.

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#3·6h ago

(historical, in the plural) A suit of clothes of the same color throughout.

Please run off twenty-four dittos of this assignment for my students.

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