Meaning

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

    dito

    то же самоеto že samoje

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

    Unterführungszeichen

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

  4. (uncommon)A copy made by (run off by) a ditto machine (especially, a worksheet thus reproduced).

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

    Dublikat, Kopie

    ко́пияkópija

  5. (broadly)A copy; an imitation.

More definitions
  • a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated

Examples

4 sentences
  1. She accidentally printed out a ditto.

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  2. You say "ditto", and that's not the same as "I love you".

    ruТы говоришь: «аналогично», а это не то же, что «Я тебя люблю».

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  3. "Boss, I can see you." "Ditto."

    ru«Шеф, а я вас вижу!» — «Аналогично».

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  4. People often latch onto conspiracy stories because they cannot accept simple explanations for life-altering events, according to Ditto.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the aforesaid:
informal: duplicate:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the aforesaid:
ditto mark:
informal: duplicate:

Origin

First attested in 1625. From regional Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of

First attested in 1625. From regional Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of dire (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“to say, to speak”). Not related to English dittography.

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Forms

plural: dittos / dittoes
Singularditto
Pluraldittos / dittoes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated:ditto mark

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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