ditto
ditto Lexical Profile
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• interjection
Used in informal conversation to indicate that the speaker agrees with or shares the exact statement or sentiment just expressed by another person.
""I am completely exhausted after that long flight." "Ditto!""
• noun
The same thing again; something already stated or mentioned, used in lists, tables, or accounts to avoid repeating a word or figure.
"The clerk wrote a ditto on the ledger line to show the price had not changed."
American A paper copy produced on a spirit duplicator, formerly common in schools and offices before modern photocopiers.
"The teacher handed out purple-ink dittos of the vocabulary worksheet to the class."
• adverb
In the same manner or way as previously stated; similarly.
"The first shipment arrived late, and the second did ditto the following week."
• verb
To repeat or agree with a statement, action, or sentiment previously expressed by someone else.
"Several committee members dittoed the chairperson's call for a more transparent budget."
American To reproduce or copy a printed document using a spirit duplicator.
"The school secretary dittoed fifty copies of the exam schedule for the faculty."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Tuscan Italian 'ditto', a dialectal variant of standard Italian 'detto' ('said'), from the Latin past participle 'dictus'. It originally appeared in commercial ledgers to refer back to a previously mentioned month or item ('the aforesaid') without writing it out again.