etcetera
Americannoun
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a number of other things or persons unspecified.
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etceteras, extras or sundries.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of etcetera
First recorded in 1375–1425; noun use of et cetera
Example Sentences
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"If major investors, particularly in infrastructure, technology, real estate, etcetera, no longer believe that their investments are safe this would have a much more significant impact and the diversification plans of the UAE," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
In the end, I feel like they're all doing it just to impress their narrow peer group and out of some kind of competitive instinct, etcetera.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
“It was Dutch police, it was Dutch moving companies, Dutch transportation, Dutch railways, etcetera, etcetera,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
How is Kylian taking this early substitution etcetera?
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
A shout at Englishman—generally so named from being the most obstinate in the team—Zwartland, Wit Kop, etcetera, is followed by a steady pull all together, and the waggon moves off.
From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)
One word was regarded in the late-18th and 19th centuries as so shocking that it was variously rendered "inexpressibles", "indescribables", "etceteras", "unmentionables", "ineffables", "indispensables", "innominables" "inexplicables" and "continuations".
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2013
Four hours will amply cover picking the kids up, cleaning the flat, eating, washing and the various etceteras.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2013
This elfin-looking man, usually dressed in a red-plaid shirt, ventured out into the unfamiliar with tape recorder in hand and spoke with people whom he liked to call the etceteras of the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there would be no limit to what our Lord would want of Patria Mercedes, body and soul and all the etceteras besides.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Coachman, footman, abigail, and doubtless all fitting etceteras, owned her as their sovereign lady and mistress.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
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