Definizione monolingua

ditto

ditto (third-person singular simple present dittos, present participle dittoing, simple past and past participle dittoed)

1. (transitive) To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.
   • 1989, K. K. N. Kurup, Agrarian struggles in Kerala

     The Communists believed that Prakasam, the Prime Minister, never tried to check the bureaucracy but dittoed every action of the corrupt officials and police.

ditto (plural dittos)

1. That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same.
   • 2008 May 22, “New Indiana film whips up plenty of thrills”:

     The opening shot of ""Crystal Skull"" shows the playful side of director Steven Spielberg, who seems to have a weak spot for cute animals. See ""AI Artificial Intelligence"" for Exhibit A. Ditto for executive producer George Lucas. See ""Return of the Jedi"" for Exhibit B.

   • 2009 July 3, “Andy Murray: easy to admire, but can we learn to love him?”, Times Online:

     He has created for himself a honed, primed-for-victory body and is working hard on a ditto mind.

2. (informal) A duplicate or copy of a document.

   Please run off twenty-four dittos of this assignment, for my students.

3. A copy; an imitation.
   • 1991, N. Romano-Benner, “Convoking the muses of Cuenca”, Americas, volume 43, number 1, page 6:?

     ""Youve got to look good to feel good,"" she announces, a ditto of television slogans.

   • 2003, “Argenta appears unfazed”, Herald & Review:

     Last year, Argenta-Oreana blanked the Chiefs 23-0 in a second-round game Dee-Mack coach Jim McDonald said was ""pretty much a ditto"" of what transpired Saturday.

   • 2009, “Brunswick school hopes to be model for uniforms”, Myrtle Beach Sun News:

     The intent of the policy, she said, is ""not to put everybody in a ditto environment,"" where all are expected to look and act exactly like all others.

4. A symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks ("" "" ""), when indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.

ditto (comparative more ditto, superlative most ditto)

1. As said before, likewise.

Definizione dizionario ditto

	idem
	the aforesaid

	detto
	the aforesaid

	predetto
	the aforesaid

altretanto

stesso

Altri significati:

informal: duplicate

A copy; an imitation.

As said before, likewise.

(transitive) To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc.

(transitive) To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc

The same as what was said previously.

(informal) A duplicate or copy of a document.

ditto mark

A symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" " "), when indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same.