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Ditto


Definition:

  • (n.) The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
  • (adv.) As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ditto the policies that made life in Gaza so difficult.
  • (2) Ditto for his acknowledgement that the “oversight theatre” (my term, not his) that currently passes for democratic accountability must be replaced by a much more muscular and credible institution – an independent surveillance and intelligence commission.
  • (3) Ditto for users, who don't like the idea of spending on a new computer and then having to shift their files over from an old machine.
  • (4) I can’t remember which ill-fated combo decided to do a synth-pop cover of Hoagy Carmichael’s I Get Along Without You Very Well, but I can remember Smash Hits’ one-word response: “Ditto.” In their review of David Bowie’s 1983 album Let’s Dance, there was no sense that the journalist was trying to be reasonable, or to justify his views intellectually.
  • (5) Ditto local government, which will lose around a third of its funding from 2010 to 2015, with much worse to come in the event of another Tory-led government.
  • (6) Ditto selecting the right setlist from a back catalogue that's prone to end-of-the-world doom-mongering.
  • (7) Ditto the Little Mermaid’s Ariel, whose desire not just to change her circumstances but change her physical form has made her an unlikely object of identification among some younger members of the transgender community – a girl who believes herself literally born in the wrong body.
  • (8) When he asked Ditto to stop, he claimed she told him to "Google [her]".
  • (9) Ditto Fassbender for Shame, Shannon for Take Shelter & Swinton for Kevin.
  • (10) Ditto the journalists swarming around their beautiful village.
  • (11) Ditto was arrested after an incident at the Bungalo Bar in Portland, Oregon, which boasts "cheap drinks", "fire pits" and a "huge whiskey selection".
  • (12) On the final page, Gauguin adds: "Don't listen to Vincent, as you know he's prone to admiration and ditto indulgence.
  • (13) Today Labour has 211 peers (60% created since 1997), the Lib Dems 67 (ditto), and the Tories 188 (only 25% created since 1997), with non-party crossbenchers (whose "wild card" votes usually cancel each other out) 182, plus 25 bishops and 30 others.
  • (14) The BBC, as ever, is irritatingly good, despite all the dittos about video.
  • (15) Ditto the average reporter, though Reuters's Felix Salmon has recently written a terrific account of the phenomenon .
  • (16) Where are they?” Alan: “One drives around in a big car.” Or John (ditto), plumber: “Well, Ukip are a bit fascist, aren’t they?
  • (17) Ditto Emma Thompson’s representations, on a number of subjects.
  • (18) "[Ditto] came up to me and starting to pinch my cheeks (what the fuck?)
  • (19) Ditto all these Parenting for Clots tomes - by Penelope Leach and Dr Spock and permissive Swedes.
  • (20) Although she was released that night, Ditto's class B misdemeanor charge is punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 (£1,653) and up to six months in jail, the Portland Mercury reported .

Likewise


Definition:

  • (n.) In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Stimulation is also observed with mixtures of APC expressing DPw3 and APC expressing A1, and likewise, DPw3+ APC become stimulatory when preincubated with supernatants from A1-positive cells.
  • (2) Likewise, they had little or no effects on the fluorescence anisotropy of TMA-DPH, which is also thought to be located in the interfacial region of the lipid bilayer, either when the probe was located in the outer layer of the plasma membrane or when the probe was located in the inner membrane compartment.
  • (3) Both stable and labeled T3 were likewise found in these sera.
  • (4) Heathrow, likewise, said Gatwick's new runway would not solve the issue of hub capacity.
  • (5) Likewise, ABP mRNA was present in all brain regions examined.
  • (6) Likewise, Merkel's Germany seems to be replicating the same erroneous policy as that of 1930, when a devotion to fiscal orthodoxy plunged the Weimar Republic into mass discontent that fuelled the flames of National Socialism.
  • (7) Likewise, [3H]estradiol-receptor complexes from rabbit uterus, Squalus oviduct, or mouse testis bound minimally to Squalus testicular chromatin.
  • (8) Likewise, Blanchett's co-star Alec Baldwin appeared to call for an end to the public nature of the row, terming Dylan's allegations "this family's personal struggle".
  • (9) 5-Bromo-indoxyl acetate esterase was likewise absent from the parietal vascular cells of the central artery.
  • (10) Likewise, the inhibition of protein synthesis with chloramphenicol stimulated the accumulation of 2'-5' oligoadenylates.
  • (11) Likewise, in cases of sea-blue histiocytes without evident etiology, with or without cirrhosis, this disease should be considered.
  • (12) Likewise, although patients with glioblastomas or melanomas had LMC against fetal glial cells, sera from such patients were unable to block the LMC against these fetal glial targets.
  • (13) The activity of 11 beta-dehydrogenase was likewise unchanged in these conditions.
  • (14) Likewise, 60 s incorporations show a large amount of bicarbonate fixed into aspartate (30.9%) in stationary phase cells over that of exponential phase (11.6%).
  • (15) In many cases mental health professionals consulted by a number of the children when they were using drugs were likewise unaware of the marijuana abuse.
  • (16) Likewise, our data from anterograde tracing studies suggest that at caudal levels the terminal fields of NA and NL remain confined to VLVp and VLVa, respectively.
  • (17) Likewise, the cost of emptying these pits can be high.
  • (18) Likewise, one ls heterozygote that was tested as a control animal and was not suspected of having a retinal degeneration had an abnormal electroretinogram and peripheral retinal degeneration.
  • (19) Controlled behavioural testing confirmed the apparent agnosia but revealed that he could be trained to make a number of visual discriminations which had not been apparent from routine clinical examination and that he suffered a number of subtle sensory impairments which likewise had not hitherto been apparent.
  • (20) Likewise, ex-smokers were all "self-cured" and all of them had been cigarette-free for at least 6 months.