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to ditto

to ditto

8 7.7
To say the same thing as someone else to show agreement
  • verb
  • /ˈdɪtoʊ/
  • Informal
translation icon : decir lo mismo
  • I agree with your statement; I will ditto that opinion.

Examples

  • I will emphatically ditto Indiana Guy's analysis of college.

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  • Great photographers succeed, and ditto on the hard work.

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  • And I'd like to ditto, don't touch me!

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  • Ditto to Chuckb's statement, and Charlene, you are on the right side as well.

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  • Ditto to all the commenters who point out the deeper structural labor issues at work here.

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  • Liberals living in non-liberal areas need to be extra vigilant; ditto those in interracial relationships.

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  • She shared her thoughts about the project, and I ditto her views on the budget.

  • He expressed his interest in the event, and I ditto his enthusiasm.

Synonyms

to reiterate
vsto ditto
100 5.9

To say something again to make it clear

express agreement instead of restating something for emphasis
to say again
vsto ditto
89 1.6

Repeat what you just said so others can hear or understand

express agreement with a previous statement instead of clarifying it

Compounds

ditto mark
  • Specialized
8.0

A mark used to show that the word or number above is repeated

Surface Forms

ditto infinitive
dittoed past
dittoed past participle
dittoing present participle
dittos third person singular

Etymology

The verb ditto comes from Italian ditto 'said' (from Latin dictus 'said'), so to ditto someone is to 'say' the same thing they just said — to repeat or agree.