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DITTO

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated

Synonyms:

ditto; ditto mark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ditto" is a kind of...):

mark (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation))

Derivation:

ditto (repeat an action or statement)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Repeat an action or statement

Example:

The next speaker dittoed her argument

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "ditto" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ditto (a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated)

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