Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.

    повторя́тьpovtorjátʹ

    repeat an action or statement

  2. (US, ambitransitive)To make a copy using a ditto machine.

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». — Ooneykcall

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

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

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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

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
(transitive) To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc:

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

dittos, dittoing, dittoed, dittoed
Base formditto · to ditto
3rd person singulardittos
Present participledittoing
Past simpledittoed
Past participledittoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyditto
he, she, itdittos

Past simpleLesson

all personsdittoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dittoed
he, she, ithas dittoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ditto

Synonyms

2 synonyms
apeB1echoC2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ditchditherC1dittydiurnal
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