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Definition of Ditto
1. Noun. A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated.
2. Verb. Repeat an action or statement. "The next speaker dittoed her argument"
Definition of Ditto
1. n. The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
2. adv. As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.
Definition of Ditto
1. Noun. That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A duplicate or copy of a document. ¹
3. Noun. A copy; an imitation. ¹
4. Noun. A symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), when indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated. ¹
5. Adverb. As said before, likewise. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ditto
1. to repeat [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: repeat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ditto
Literary usage of Ditto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Second ditto. His employment, When a Pointsman is engaged in'his employment, ...
And attending to his leyera and.his dials, Fint ditto. ..."
2. Transactions by Ohio State Dental Society, American Ethnological Society, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1856)
"T2 B = ditto, ditto, at end of intake of rise workings. ... T« B = ditto, ditto,
at top of upcast from rise workings. T4 D = ditto, ditto, ditto, dip ditto. ..."
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