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etcetera

etcetera

40 4.1
Other things like those already mentioned
  • noun
  • /ɛtˈsɛtərə/
: etcétera
  • In her closet, she found old clothes, shoes, bags, etcetera that she no longer wore.
  • money, etcetera
  • customary, etcetera
  • fatigue, etcetera

Your sort of plans for your release etcetera.

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Examples

  • The teacher listed the projects, homework, exams, etcetera for the term.

  • We need to buy bread, milk, eggs, etcetera for the picnic.

  • OK, I'll discuss anonymous comments etcetera later on.

  • Private security guards are more numerous than police, etcetera.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • A family history of mental instability, etcetera.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Got some more cards, my debit cards, etcetera, more receipts.

  • Look, there's loads of work and commitments, tours, etcetera.

  • We've got a jazz festival, figure skating championships, three big soccer matches, a short subjects film festival, a Western European Economic Conference, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

  • Makeup, prosthetics, outfits, wigs, etcetera.

  • I think it indicated some mirth—marriage, etcetera—and seriousness.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

et cetera
vsetcetera
177 3.3

Shows there are other similar items in a list

is written as a single word for the same meaning
and such
vsetcetera
117 5.7

Other things like the ones mentioned

focuses on additional unspecified items rather than similarity
and whatnot
vsetcetera
  • Informal
79 7.7

Other similar things not mentioned

is the neutral form used for unspecified additional items
inter alia
vsetcetera
  • Formal
2 9.1

Including some items while leaving others out

is the everyday English phrase for the same general idea
and so on
vsetcetera
1 1.4

To talk about other similar things without naming them

refers more generally to unspecified extra items or similar kinds

Surface Forms

etcetera singular
etceteras plural
et cetera plural
et cetera singular

Etymology

Etcetera comes from the Latin parts et 'and' and cetera 'the rest'. So it literally means 'and the rest', and we use it to show there are more similar things without naming them all.