The words blockage, encumbrance, handicap are antonyms for "help". The words acknowledge, enjoy, welcome are synonyms for "appreciate". Antonyms are used to express the opposite of a word. Antonym definitionĪn antonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression whose meaning is opposite to that of a word. This avoids repetitions in a sentence without changing its meaning. Synonyms are other words that mean the same thing. Extract from : « Eugene Aram, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-LyttonĪ synonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression that has the same meaning as another, or almost the same meaning.Stirrups help us to get on, so does discretion to get off, ditto discretion.Extract from : « The Weathercock » by George Manville Fenn.“Ditto, ditto,” cried Macey doing the same, and expecting an attack.Extract from : « Philosopher Jack » by R.M.“And I say ditto,” burst from Watty Wilkins with powerful emphasis.Extract from : « The Fugitives » by R.M.“Ditto,” said Hockins, performing the same feat with a banana.Extract from : « Sunk at Sea » by R.M.“Ditto,” said Muggins, nodding his head and buttoning his jacket.Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle.Cromwell was mad and a quack Anselm, Becket, Goethe, ditto ditto.Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E.The fodder is odious, not fit for a pig, and the wine is ditto.Extract from : « The Wild Man of the West » by R.M.Ditto,” cried Waller still more emphatically “what say you, Hawkswing?.The dash is sometimes used in catalogue work as a ditto mark.Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W.In tabular work reversed commas are used as a sign for ditto.
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