Ditto

Definition: Ditto

Ditto

Noun

1. A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated.

Verb

1. Repeat an action.

2. Repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ditto" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Literature

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

DITTO

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Ditto

Assent

Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.

Repetition

Adverb: repeatedly, often, again, anew, over again, afresh, once more; ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis, da capo.

Crosswords: Ditto

Yeah, ditto that! (Digimon: Digital Monsters; writing credit: Dayna Barron)

Ditto! Aww, come here. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

Ditto (1937)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Ditto (reference)

• Ditto List (reference)

• Double Trouble Ditto Box (reference)

• Ending Ditto Doldrums: More Than 500 Learning Centers for Children Ages 4-6 (reference)

• Rhythm Band for Little People/Cassette, Manual, Ditto Master and 16 Posters (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ditto (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Ditto From Me to You (reference)

• Ditto Y Ole (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Iomega Ditto 800 External Tape Drive (reference)

• Tecmar 10GB Ditto Max Frnch/English 5.25HH 1-Pack Platinum (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Rocks along Oregon TrailEast of Ditto CreekLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer.

Oregon Trail inscriptions near Ditto CreekLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "ditto": ditto Drive ♦ ditto mark ♦ ditto marks ♦ say ditto ♦ say ditto to ♦ say ditto to smb.. Additional references.

Albanian

dublikatë (duplicate, duplication), si më sipër, po ashtu (as well, both, so, too), kopje (carbon, carbon copy, copy, crib, double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, manifold, model, picture, replica, replication, reproduction, take off, tally), idem (do.), e njëjta gjë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏كما ورد أعلاه, ‏كذلك (as well, likewise, so, then, too), ‏الشيء نفسه. (various references)

Bulgarian 

същото (same), също толкова, също така (also, likewise, similarly, then), също (also, as well, besides, eke, item, same, too), такъв (such, suchlike), копие (assagai, assegai, carbon copy, copy, counterpart, double, duplicate, imitation, javelin, manifold, print off, repetition, replication, reproduction, shaft, spear, tally, transcript, transcription), горното, подобно (likewise), подобен (agnate, akin, alike, allied to, analogous, bastard, comparable, connatural, homo-, homoeo-, kindred, like, parallel, similar, sister, such, suchlike), дубликат (counterpart, double, doublet, duplicate). (various references)

Chinese 

同� � (likewise, same). (various references)

Czech

totéž (the same), stejnì (alike, anyhow, anyway, as it is, equally, even so, evenly, in the same way, just the same, though), rovnìž (also, as well, likewise, too), opakování toho samého, jako dřív. (various references)

Farsi 

علامت(//), ایضا (Ibidem), بشرح فوق . (various references)

French

idem. (various references)

German

ebenfalls (also, as well, likewise, too), desgleichen (the like). (various references)

Greek 

όμοια, ίδια ποσότητα, ίδιο πράγμα. (various references)

Hebrew 

כ�"ומ�" (suchlike), כ� זכר לעיל, � אמר לעיל (aforesaid). (various references)

Hungarian

ugyanaz (do, homeo-, homoeo-, idem, identic, identical, just the same, one, same, selfsame, self-same, tweedledum and tweedledee, very), másolat (carbon, cc, copy, counterpart, doublet, duplicate, duplication, engrossment, repetition, replica, reproduction, tally, tracing, transcript), dettó (item). (various references)

Indonesian

sama (alike, analogical, analogous, equal, even, identical, same, similiar), idem (do, the same). (various references)

Italian

suddetto (above mentioned, aforesaid, said), stesso (equal, herself, himself, I myself, ilk, itself, like, one, same, self, self-same, very), idem (id, ideally, idem). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

同断 (the same), 同前 (ibid., same as above), 同上 (ibid., same as above). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

どうぜ�" (child-faced, ibid., just, natural, proper, right, same, same as above, similar to), どうじょう (compassion, court nobles, dojo, feel for, hall used for martial arts training, ibid., mandala, on the roof, pity, riding together, riding with, same as above, sympathize, sympathy), どう� �" (the same). (various references)

Manx

yn un' red, red cheddin, cheddin (identical, same, very). (various references)

Pig Latin

ittoday

Portuguese

do mesmo modo (likewise, same), dito (dictum, said), identicamente (similarly), idem (also, idem, likewise, the same, too). (various references)

Romanian

reproducere (breeding, copy, facsimile, get, imitation, repetition, reproduction, semblance, trace), idem (idem, item), copie (copy, counterpart, duplicate, duplication, imitation, offtake, print, proof, repetition, replica, replication, reproduction, tally, trace, transcript, transcription). (various references)

Russian 

точная копия (carbon copy, close copy, diplomatic copy, true copy), таким же образом (just the same, same). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

znak ponavljanja, takođe (also, as well, likewise, too), isto (all the same, also, similarly, too). (various references)

Spanish

del mismo modo (alike, in the same way, similarly), lo mismo (same, the same), ídem (idem). (various references)

Swedish

dito (likewise). (various references)

Thai

เครื่องหมายละ ใช้เมื่อไม่ต้องการเขียนคำๆ นั้นซ้ำอีก. (various references)

Turkish

suret (circs, copy, counterpart, duplicate, exemplar, repetition, transcript), sözü geçen (above, bossy, influential, mentioned), nüsha (copy, print), kopya (carbon copy, copy, crib, cribbing, double, duplicate, duplication, exemplar, facsimile, image, likeness, manifold, printing out, repetition, replica, replication, repro, spit, tracing, transcript, transcription, trot), keza (also, do, item, likewise, therewithal, too), aynen (do, exactly, just as, just the same, sic, so, the same, to a t, with fidelity), aynı şekilde (in the same way, likewise, the same). (various references)

Ukrainian

точна копія (apograph), те саме (idem), те ж, так само (alike, same, similarly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

như trên; cùng một thứ, cùng một loại. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "ditto": dittoed, dittoing, dittos. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ditto" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dato, Dauto, Dbto, deto, Detta, Dette, detto, Detton, Dichte, dicto, diddi, diddo, didot, dietro, dirtot, Disto, diti, ditio, dito, ditor, ditta, Dittborn, ditti, ditts, ditu, Dlitt, Dmitrov, dotto, Dritte, duetto, dutko, Dyott, kitto, Mittoo, nitto, Ritto, uitoto, vittu, wittoo. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: doit, toit.

-2 letters: dit, dot, tit, tod, tot.

-3 letters: do, id, it, od, ti, to.

+1 letter: dittos, toited.

+2 letters: distort, dittoed, dotiest, dottier, dottily, dotting, mattoid, omitted, ridotto, tiptoed.

+3 letters: antidote, athetoid, demotist, dictator, distorts, dittoing, dotation, dottiest, intorted, mattoids, otitides, ridottos, teratoid, tetanoid, tetroxid, toileted, traditor.

+4 letters: adroitest, antidotal, antidoted, antidotes, cogitated, committed, demotists, dentition, detection, detention, detrition, diatomite, dictation, dictators, distorted, distorter, dogmatist, dotations, dottiness, etiolated, eutectoid, fortitude, glottides, intonated, meditator, methodist, motivated, outdating, outfitted, outpitied, outstride, outwaited, outwitted, retrodict, rotundity, stationed, stodgiest, stolidest, stolidity, tetroxide, tetroxids, tictocked, tippytoed, torpidity, torridest, torridity, tortricid, totalised, totalized, tradition, videotext, withstood.

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