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et cetera
[ et set-er-uh, se-truh ]
adverb
- and others; and so forth; and so on (used to indicate that more of the same sort or class might have been mentioned, but for brevity have been omitted): : etc.
He had dogs, cats, guinea pigs, frogs, et cetera, as pets.
et cetera
/ ɪt ˈsɛtrə /
(no translation)
- and the rest; and others; and so forth: used at the end of a list to indicate that other items of the same class or type should be considered or included
- or the like; or something else similar
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Word History and Origins
Origin of et cetera1
Word History and Origins
Origin of et cetera1
Example Sentences
Ebb and flow, checks and balances, the center would hold, et cetera.
I was a dorky Indo-English kid with a South Asian afro, and he was the all-American type, on the baseball team, et cetera.
Or—the VA crisis, the border crisis, the Middle East crisis, the wage-and-inequality crisis, et cetera—about much of anything.
The intellectuals, students, et cetera, will turn on this government as repressive and undemocratic in the not too distant future.
The uniform response to him is that he has a tin ear, that he is blind to ordinary people, that he is a fool, et cetera.
Not until last week when Morgan started making enquiries as to salaries, et cetera.
The ammunition—arrows, spears, stone, et cetera—of the garrison was almost spent.
In the center of the tent stands a temporary board table, on which are kept books, medicines, et cetera.
This man was also a fisherman, et cetera, and the bosom friend and admirer of Maggot.
You've a very winning pair of black eyes et cetera, my lady.
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