ditto

dit·to

D0299600 (dĭt′ō)n. pl. dit·tos 1. The same as stated above or before.2. A duplicate; a copy.3. A pair of small marks ( " ) used to indicate that the word, phrase, or figure given above is to be repeated.adv. As before.tr.v. dit·toed, dit·to·ing, dit·tos To duplicate (a document, for example).

[Italian dialectal, past participle of Italian dire, to say, from Latin dīcere; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]Word History: Ditto originally comes from the Latin word dictus, "having been said," the past participle of the verb dīcere, "to say." In Italian dīcere became dire and dictus became detto, or in the Tuscan dialect ditto. Italian detto or ditto meant what said does in legal English, as in "said property." Thus the word could be used in certain constructions to mean "the same as what has been said"; for example, having given the date December 22, one could use 26 detto or ditto for 26 December. The first recorded use of ditto in English occurs in such a construction in 1625.

ditto

(ˈdɪtəʊ) n, pl -tos1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the aforementioned; the above; the same. Used in accounts, lists, etc, to avoid repetition and symbolized by two small marks (〃) known as ditto marks, placed under the thing repeated. Abbreviation: do 2. informal a. a duplicateb. (as modifier): a ditto copy. advin the same waysentence substituteinformal used to avoid repeating or to confirm agreement with an immediately preceding sentencevb, -tos, -toing or -toed (tr) to copy; repeat[C17: from Italian (Tuscan dialect), variant of detto said, from dicere to say, from Latin]

dit•to

(ˈdɪt oʊ)

n., pl. -tos,
adv. n. 1. the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Compare ditto mark. 2. another of the same. 3. Informal. a duplicate; copy. adv. 4. as already stated; likewise. v.t. 5. to make a copy of on a duplicating machine. 6. to duplicate or repeat the action or statement of (another). [1615–25; < Italian, variant of detto < Latin dictus said, past participle of dīcere to say; see dictum]

ditto

Past participle: dittoed
Gerund: dittoing

Imperative
ditto
ditto

Present
I ditto
you ditto
he/she/it dittos
we ditto
you ditto
they ditto

Preterite
I dittoed
you dittoed
he/she/it dittoed
we dittoed
you dittoed
they dittoed

Present Continuous
I am dittoing
you are dittoing
he/she/it is dittoing
we are dittoing
you are dittoing
they are dittoing

Present Perfect
I have dittoed
you have dittoed
he/she/it has dittoed
we have dittoed
you have dittoed
they have dittoed

Past Continuous
I was dittoing
you were dittoing
he/she/it was dittoing
we were dittoing
you were dittoing
they were dittoing

Past Perfect
I had dittoed
you had dittoed
he/she/it had dittoed
we had dittoed
you had dittoed
they had dittoed

Future
I will ditto
you will ditto
he/she/it will ditto
we will ditto
you will ditto
they will ditto

Future Perfect
I will have dittoed
you will have dittoed
he/she/it will have dittoed
we will have dittoed
you will have dittoed
they will have dittoed

Future Continuous
I will be dittoing
you will be dittoing
he/she/it will be dittoing
we will be dittoing
you will be dittoing
they will be dittoing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dittoing
you have been dittoing
he/she/it has been dittoing
we have been dittoing
you have been dittoing
they have been dittoing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dittoing
you will have been dittoing
he/she/it will have been dittoing
we will have been dittoing
you will have been dittoing
they will have been dittoing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dittoing
you had been dittoing
he/she/it had been dittoing
we had been dittoing
you had been dittoing
they had been dittoing

Conditional
I would ditto
you would ditto
he/she/it would ditto
we would ditto
you would ditto
they would ditto

Past Conditional
I would have dittoed
you would have dittoed
he/she/it would have dittoed
we would have dittoed
you would have dittoed
they would have dittoed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ditto - a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeatedditto markmark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
Verb	1.	ditto - repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument"ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"

Translations

idem

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dit·to

ditto

dit•to

ditto

DITTO

ditto

Synonyms for ditto

noun a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated

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verb repeat an action or statement

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