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etc.

abbreviation

  1. 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).

    You can leave your coats, umbrellas, etc., at the door.



etc.

abbreviation

  1. et cetera

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of etc.1

Shortening of et cetera
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Example Sentences

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As cool as it would be to land on the roof of your office like George Jetson, federal regulations forbid ultralights and experimental aircraft from overflying populated areas—cities, suburbs, highway corridors, etc.

We buy secondhand, cancel streaming, bring lunch etc.

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Buying comes with added costs: maintenance, insurance, property taxes, etc.

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When she made her will she also included a document signed by her doctor stating she was of sound mind, etc., and specified that she didn’t want to leave anything to her sons.

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And in the area of services, we have found many opportunities to bring lots of disparate data that we had: call data, case data, dispatch data, repair data, etc.

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