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Definition of dittoing in English English dictionary

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

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

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That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same
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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.

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{n} the aforesaid, the same thing repeated
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Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc
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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
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The same as stated before
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(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
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to save repetition
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repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument
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a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
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Often contracted to do
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A symbol consisting of two apostrophes (") indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated
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As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also
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repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument"
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or to two "turned commas"
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A duplicate of a document
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("), or small marks
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{i} aforesaid, same, as already stated
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The aforesaid thing; the same (as before)
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or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks
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A QNX utility that lets you attach a local console or terminal to a remote console See also phditto
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do
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