ditto
pronunciation
How to pronounce ditto in British English:
UK [ˈdɪtəʊ]
How to pronounce ditto in American English:
US [ˈdɪtoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
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- Verb:
- repeat an action or statement
Word Origin
- ditto
- ditto: [17] Ditto is a precisely parallel formation to English said ‘aforementioned’ (as in ‘the said John Smith’). It is the Tuscan dialect version of Italian detto, which comes from dictus, the past participle of Latin dīcere ‘say’ (source of English dictionary and a vast range of related words). It was originally used in Italian to avoid repeating the name of the month when giving a series of dates, much as inst and ult are used in commercial English.=> diction, dictionary
- ditto
- 1620s, Tuscan dialectal ditto "(in) the said (month or year)," literary Italian detto, past participle of dire "to say," from Latin dicere (see diction). Originally used in Italian to avoid repetition of month names in a series of dates; generalized meaning of "same as above" first recorded in English 1670s. Dittohead, self-description of followers of U.S. radio personality Rush Limbaugh, attested by 1995. dittoship is from 1869.
Example
- 1. If your organization hosts a holiday party , ditto .
- 2. Ditto a boring meeting is crying out for a blackberry to take up the mental slack .
- 3. So she quizzed me about how much I drank ( I 'm not repeating it here ) , how long that had been the case ( ditto ) , whether I 'd ever given up ( yes ! )
- 4. Ditto , to different degrees , with japan and south korea .
- 5. Ditto if you tend to be cautious about new medical trends : although there 's no evidence suggesting that it 's dangerous not to have regular periods , there is less long-term research behind extended-cycle pills than the combo type .