ditto

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A mark or word that repeats the item just mentioned, so you do not have to write it again.

   Grammar: Countable: one ditto, two dittos. Often used in the phrase 'ditto marks'.

   Patterns

   • a ditto mark
   • put a ditto
   • use ditto

   In the list, she wrote a ditto mark under January instead of repeating the month.

   The teacher told us to use ditto marks for the repeated answers.

   A ditto can save space when you fill in a table.

2. 2interjectioninformal

   Used to say that the same thing applies to you or to what you just said.

   Grammar: Said to agree or repeat: 'I'm tired.' 'Ditto.'

   Patterns

   • ditto!
   • ditto to that

   "I hate waiting in line." "Ditto."

   She said the movie was boring, and I said ditto.

   Ditto to everything you just said.

Word forms

Common combinations

ditto mark

Use a ditto mark to show the same word again.

ditto machine

The school still has an old ditto machine in the storage room.

say ditto

When she agreed, she just said ditto.

Synonyms and how they differ

same

Used as an answer to mean 'the same for me'; less specific than ditto, which can also be a mark in a list.

likewise

Means 'in the same way' and is slightly more formal than ditto.

Commonly confused: ditto or dito?

Practice

Make it your own

Write a sentence using “ditto”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.

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