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| dit·to [ díttō ] |
interjection |
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same here: used instead of repeating something that has just been said to indicate that the same thing applies to you
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informal
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  "I'm bored." "Ditto!"
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adverb |
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the same thing applies elsewhere: indicating that whatever has just been said about one person or thing applies equally to somebody or something else
The car will need to be cleaned; ditto the children.
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noun (plural dit·tos) |
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symbol representing repeated matter: a pair of marks (") that together represent matter that is repeated directly from what appears above them
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transitive verb (past and past participle dit·toed, present participle dit·to·ing, 3rd person present singular dit·tos) |
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repeat something: to repeat or imitate something that somebody else has said or done
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| [Early 17th century. Via Tuscan dialect variant of Italian detto "said" < Latin dictus, past participle of dicere "say"] |
