so as to avoid repetition
71do — I [[t]du[/t]] unstressed [[t]dʊ, də[/t]] v. and aux. v. pres. sing. 1st and 2nd pers. do, 1) to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.) 2) to execute (a piece or amount of work): to do a hauling job[/ex] 3) to accomplish; finish: He has already done… …
72ditto — /ˈdɪtoʊ / (say ditoh) noun (plural dittos) 1. the aforesaid; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: Abbrev.: do. 2. the same thing repeated. 3. Colloquial a duplicate or copy. –adverb 4. as already stated; likewise …
73do — I. /du / (say dooh) verb (present singular 1 do, 2 do or, Archaic, doest dost, 3 does, 3 , Archaic, doeth doth …
74one — /wʌn / (say wun) adjective 1. being a single unit or individual, rather than two or more; a single: one apple. 2. being a person, thing, or individual instance of a number of kind indicated: one member of the party. 3. some (day, etc., in the… …
75pronouns — 1. A pronoun is a word used to refer to (and instead of) a noun or noun phrase that has already been mentioned or is known, especially in order to avoid repetition, e.g. We invited the Jones family to our party because we like them and When Jane… …
76matter — Substance or material. A fact or facts constituting the whole or a part of a ground of action or defense, not to be confused with evidence, which is that which tends to prove the existence of a fact or facts. Nelson v Johnson, 18 Ind 329, 332. In …
77anaphor — noun a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent • Hypernyms: ↑word * * * anaphor 7 [ˈænəfə(r)] [ˈænəfər] [ˈænəfɔː(r)] [ˈænəfɔːr] …
78ditto — n. & v. n. (pl. os) 1 (in accounts, inventories, lists, etc.) the aforesaid, the same. Usage: Often represented by under the word or sum to be repeated. 2 colloq. (replacing a word or phrase to avoid repetition) the same (came in late last night… …
79pronoun — n. a word used instead of and to indicate a noun already mentioned or known, esp. to avoid repetition (e.g. we, their, this, ourselves). Etymology: PRO (1), + NOUN, after F pronom, L pronomen (as PRO (1), nomen name) …
80pro-verb — ˈprō+ˌ noun Etymology: pro (II) + verb : a form of the verb do used to avoid repetition of a full verb (as do in “my brother smokes and I do too”) * * * /proh verrb /, n. Gram. a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They… …
