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et
et al. (1)
et al. (2)
et cetera
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ETA (1)
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et cetera
et cet·er·a
[
et séttərə,
et séttrə
]
or
et·cet·er·a
[
et séttərə,
et séttrə
]
adverb
Definition:
and so on:
used to indicate that a list contains other unspecified items
noun
Definition:
something or somebody unspecified:
one of several or many unspecified things or people
[
< Latin, "and the rest"
]
The correct pronunciations of et cetera are /
et séttərə,
/, /
et séttrə,
/, not /
ek séttərə,
/.
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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