dit|to

dit|to
dit|to «DIHT oh», noun, plural -tos, verb, -toed, -to|ing, adverb, adjective.
–n.
1. the same; exactly the same as appeared or was said before.
2. the ditto mark or the abbreviation (do.) that stands for “ditto.”
3. a copy; duplicate: »

Rip's son and heir, who was the ditto of himself (Washington Irving).

–v.t.
to copy; duplicate; match: »

The Navy and Marine Corps dittoes an average of 6,569 releases every working day (Harper's).

–adv.
Informal. as said before; likewise: »

There is a research thesis waiting for somebody on the effects of dieting on conversation, ditto vegetarianism (Atlantic).

–adj.
matching; similar: »

a mixed-up film version of [his] offbeat romance between a frustrated American housewife and a ditto American working man (Maclean's).

[< Italian ditto (literally) said < Latin dictus, past participle of dīcere say]

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