et cetera
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3.3
- idiom
- /ɛt ˈsɛtərə/
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etcétera
- In my toolbox, I have hammers, screwdrivers, pliers, et cetera.
So that'd be luxury like watches, boats, maybe refrigerators, et cetera.
- So that'd be luxury like watches, boats, maybe refrigerators, et cetera.
- It tends to be in offices, in workplaces, on transport, et cetera.
- The videos, the posts, the blogs, et cetera.
- It all just depends on your preferences, your proportions, your shape, et cetera.
- So the others include chia, flax, pumpkin seed, hemp seed, et cetera.
- It's not just attached to the more primitive behaviors of food, sex, heat, et cetera.
- And you did mention sea veggies, seaweed like kelp and kombu and wacame, et cetera.
- People believed that there was some sort of energy which was travelling through bodies of animals, through fish, birds, et cetera.
- You know, can you, can they point to films that have had had deals with Netflix and Hulu and Showtime and HBO and and IFC, et cetera.
- And it's partly the culture is fulfilling that, that we're now seeing everything in like opposing terms, all or nothing terms, et cetera.
- OK, so blindness is a good example, et cetera.
Examples
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Well, I generally kept various operatives observing your activities, your report cards, your medical history, your personal correspondence, et cetera.
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They appealed to the people of the cities of Alexandria or Thebes, et cetera, of Egypt.
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There are weird blips, lines, et cetera, this and that.
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The theater, the, the visual arts, architecture, et cetera, and the sciences, it's what we all admire, what we want.
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So people like MacDowell or Kazakov, et cetera, they were trying to explore that.
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This is because of microphones, et cetera, but it also helps us to keep the numbers manageable in the room.
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The trick lies in obliterating... just so much and no more, so that... an identification still can be made, based on... as I say, general dimensions... plus a credible sequence of events... witnesses, et cetera.
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Grass fed beef, lamb, bison, venison and grass fed dairy, cheese, milk, yogurt, et cetera has CLA.
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In a strange way, the press of the noughties with phone hacking, et cetera, and Sven-Göran Eriksson, with a total lack of morality, were made for each other in many ways.
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We need to buy apples, bananas, grapes, et cetera for the fruit salad.
Synonyms
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1.4
To say that a list continues with similar items
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4.1
Other things like those already mentioned
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3.5
Things or people similar to those just mentioned
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1.7
Use it to show a list goes on with other similar things
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5.7
Other things like the ones mentioned
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7.7
Other similar things not mentioned
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7.9
Other similar things you could mention
How Casual
Surface Forms
Morphology
et + cetera
The phrase is compositional in origin (Latin et = 'and', cetera = 'the rest'), so someone who knew the constituent meanings could derive 'and the rest'. However, the constituents are Latin not English and are not accessible to an average B1 learner, and the item behaves as a conventionalized loan/phrase in English, so its predictability for learners is only partial.
Etymology
Et cetera comes from old Latin words et, meaning 'and', and cetera, meaning 'the other things', so it gives the idea 'and the rest' in a list. That's why we use et cetera to show there are more similar items not named.