Ditto Mark (Noun)
Meaning
A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The poem used ditto marks throughout to emphasize the repetition of certain phrases.
- She wrote her name, then a ditto mark, then her initials.
- The instructor used a ditto mark to indicate the word 'hello' should be repeated in the sentence.
- Students were asked to copy the sentence, replacing the ditto mark with the word 'information'.
- The old-fashioned transcript was full of ditto marks where the court reporter couldn't keep up.