adverb

ditto

DIH-toh

adverb

Used to mean "the same as what was just said," avoiding repetition.

""I loved that movie." "Ditto.""

noun

The mark ("), used to show that something written above should be repeated.

"She used ditto marks instead of retyping the address twice."

How to Use Ditto

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA quick way of saying "same here" or "as above," without repeating yourself.

Common pairings

ditto mark say ditto

dittoed past tense, dittos plural, dittoes plural, dittos singular

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Borrowed in the 1600s from an Italian dialect form of detto, "said" — the past participle of dire, "to say," from Latin dicere.

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