ditto (mark)
1Ditto mark — 〃 Ditto mark Punctuation apostrophe ( …
2ditto mark — n. a mark (") used in itemized lists or tables to show that a word, figure, or passage above is to be repeated …
3ditto mark — noun a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated • Syn: ↑ditto • Derivationally related forms: ↑ditto (for: ↑ditto) • Hypernyms: ↑mark * * * Often …
4ditto mark — dit′to mark n. Often, ditto marks. two small marks (〃) indicating the repetition of something, usu. placed beneath the thing repeated …
5ditto mark — Often, ditto marks. two small marks ( ) indicating the repetition of something, usually placed beneath the thing repeated. * * * …
6ditto mark — The mark , used to indicate that the word in a line, under which the mark appears, is to be considered duplicated in the line below …
7Ditto — may refer to: In printing: Ditto machine, a type of small printing press, or dittos, the copies they produced In media and popular culture: Ditto (convention), an annual science fiction fanzine convention Ditto (1937 film), starring Buster Keaton …
8ditto — ► NOUN 1) the same thing again (used in lists and often indicated by a ditto mark). 2) (also ditto mark) a symbol consisting of two apostrophes ( ) representing a repetition. ORIGIN originally meaning «in the aforesaid month»: from Italian detto… …
9ditto — [dit′ō] n. pl. dittos [It (Tuscan), var. of detto, said < L dictus, pp. of dicere, to say: see DICTION] 1. the same (as something said or appearing above or before) 2. a duplicate; another of the same 3. DITTO MARK adv. as said above; as… …
10ditto — dit|to1 [ˈdıtəu US tou] adv spoken informal 1.) used to say that you have exactly the same opinion as someone else ▪ I hated school. Ditto. 2.) used to say that what is true of one thing is also true of another ▪ Where should she go? Mississippi? …
