ditto

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A copy; an imitation
As said before, likewise
A symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks ("""), when indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated
A duplicate or copy of a document

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

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same
To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc

The spanked rascal dittoed every part of pa's lecture, knowing not dittoing would only make Sir repeat it, belting even harder.

{n} the aforesaid, the same thing repeated
Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc
In informal English, you can use ditto to represent a word or phrase that you have just used in order to avoid repeating it. In written lists, ditto can be represented by ditto marks - the symbol " - underneath the word that you want to repeat. Lister's dead. Ditto three Miami drug dealers and a lady. 'ditto mark dittoes a mark (乂) that you write immediately under a word in a list to show that the same word is repeated
The same as stated before
(1)Any brand of spirit duplicator, an inexpensive but now obsolete method of printing once used by fans and grade schools It was available in several colours but was most commonly a faded purple (2) Ditto: An SF convention devoted to fanzines and fanzine fans, modeled on Corflu
to save repetition
repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument
a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
Often contracted to do
A symbol consisting of two apostrophes (") indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated
As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also
repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument"
or to two "turned commas"
A duplicate of a document
("), or small marks
{i} aforesaid, same, as already stated
The aforesaid thing; the same (as before)
or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks
A QNX utility that lets you attach a local console or terminal to a remote console See also phditto
do
ditto mark
a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
dittos
plural of ditto
say ditto to
agree with -
ditto
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