ditto
English
WOTD – 9 June 2007
Etymology
First attested in 1625. From regional Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of dire (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“I say, I speak”). Not related to Italian dito (“finger”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪtəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪtoʊ/, [ˈdɪɾoʊ]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtəʊ
Noun
ditto (plural dittos or dittoes)
- 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.
- 1967, DeForest Kelley, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor, season 1, episode 27:
- Well say he's got the constitution of a dinosaur, recuperative powers ditto. And as we both know, I'm a bright young medic with a miraculous touch. Well why then, when I returned, there wasn't a trace of that wound on his forehead. Not even a bruise. It was like he had never been injured.
- 2008 May 22, “New 'Indiana' film whips up plenty of thrills”, in Hudson (MA) MetroWest Daily News:
- 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 "Return of the Jedi" for Exhibit B.
- 2009 July 3, “Andy Murray: easy to admire, but can we learn to love him?”, in Times Online:
- He has created for himself a honed, primed-for-victory body and is working hard on a ditto mind.
- Charles Dickens
- (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.
- 1991, N. Romano-Benner, “Convoking the muses of Cuenca”, in Americas, volume 43, number 1, page 6:
- "You've got to look good to feel good," she announces, a ditto of television slogans.
- 2003, “Argenta appears unfazed”, in Herald & Review:
- Last year, Argenta-Oreana blanked the Chiefs 23-0 in a second-round game Dee-Mack coach Jim McDonald said was "pretty much a ditto" of what transpired Saturday.
- 2009, “Brunswick school hopes to be model for uniforms”, in Myrtle Beach Sun News:
- The intent of the policy, she said, is "not to put everybody in a ditto environment," where all are expected to look and act exactly like all others.
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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.
- (historical, in the plural) A suit of clothes of the same colour throughout.
Synonyms
- (symbol): ditto mark, do (abbreviation)
Translations
the aforesaid
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informal: duplicate
ditto mark
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Translations
likewise — see likewise
Verb
ditto (third-person singular simple present dittos, present participle dittoing, simple past and past participle dittoed)
- (transitive) 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.
- 1989, K. K. N. Kurup, Agrarian struggles in Kerala
Translations
Interjection
ditto
- Used to show agreement with what another person has said, or to indicate that what they have said equally applies to the person being addressed.
- Boy: "I'm really busy today!"
- Girl: "Ditto!"
- 1872, Lewis Carroll, “Chapter IV: Tweedledum and Tweedledee”, in Through The Looking Glass:
- "Besides, if I'm only a sort of thing in his dream, what are you, I should like to know?" "Ditto," said Tweedledum. "Ditto, ditto!" cried Tweedledee.
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