Ditto

/ˈdɪtəʊ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
2. The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.
3. (historical, in the plural) A suit of clothes of the same color throughout.
4. (education, now uncommon) A copy made by (run off by) a ditto machine (especially, a worksheet thus reproduced).
5. (by extension) A copy; an imitation.
6. As said before, likewise.
7. (transitive) To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.
8. (US, ambitransitive) To make a copy using a ditto machine.

Example Sentences

[...] they entered a dismal-looking parlour, whose brick-red walls and ditto curtains were scantily lighted by a single lamp, though it was of the last new patent—[…]

[…]a spacious table in the centre, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners:[…]

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.

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.

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

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

Mr. Zappadia gave each student a ditto of a black-and-white cow.

"You've got to look good to feel good," she announces, a ditto of television slogans.

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• dittos
• dittoes
• dittoing
• dittoed

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