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English

Etymology
First attested in 1625. From It. detto#Italian|detto, past participle of dire#Italian|dire "to say" < L. dico#Latin|dīc� "I say"

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/�dɪt��/
italbrac|US IPA|/�dɪto�/
audio|en-us-ditto.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪt��

Noun
en-noun

1. The same as stated before.
2. A duplicate of a document.

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

1. A symbol consisting of two apostrophes (") indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.

Derived terms
ditto mark

Translations
trans-top|the same as stated before
Finnish: samoin
French: idem, dito
German: dito
Italian: idem
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (d�j�)
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trans-top|a symbol consisting of two apostrophes (")
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fr:ditto
io:ditto
ja:ditto
pt:ditto
te:ditto
vi:ditto
zh:ditto

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