dittos

Meanings

• noun

  Repeating copies of text or signs, often used to indicate approval or agreement.

  - "The minutes of the meeting contained many dittos."
  - "I made several dittos of the recipe to give to friends."

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Synonyms

do.

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Variants

List of all variants of dittos that leads to same result
ditto , dittoed , dittoing , dittos , ditto mark , ditto marks , dittoes

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Etymology

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From the Latin 'ditus', meaning 'given', 'fated'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'dittos' was first used in English in the 15th century.

2. In ancient Greece, dittos were recorded on clay tablets and used in the voting process.

3. The word 'dittos' is sometimes used colloquially to mean 'the same'

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Related Concepts

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1. carbon copy: A term synonymous with dittos, referring to a duplicate copy of a document.

2. photocopy: A modern method of creating multiple copies of a document using a photocopier.

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Quotes

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1. My favorite was "Sports Collector's News" (the exact pluralization and positioning of the apostrophe I can't quite remember), a "dittoed" journal produced in some Wisconsin backwater by a man with a Ukrainian surname.

   - Alexander Wolff,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},15 Sept. 1986

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Culture

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In ancient Greece, dittos were used in the voting process. In modern times, they have been used in various contexts, including education and business.

How to Memorize "dittos"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the word 'dittos' as a series of repeated copies or signs.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'dittos' with the idea of approval or agreement, as in 'giving your approval'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'Dogs Are Terrific Obeying Pets.' D-Dittos A-Approval T-Text O-Obeying P-Pet S-Signs.

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