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Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees.
Jennifer Granholm

Meaning of "et cetera" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ET CETERA

From Latin, from et and + cetera the other (things).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ET CETERA

et cetera  [ɪt ˈsɛtrə] play
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WHAT DOES ET CETERA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Et cetera

Et cetera is a Latin expression that means "and other things", or "and so forth." It is taken directly from the Latin expression which literally means "and the rest " and is a loan-translation of the Greek "καὶ τὰ ἕτερα". Et means "and"; cētera means "the rest."...

Definition of et cetera in the English dictionary

The definition of et cetera in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of et cetera is or the like; or something else similar.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ET CETERA


centra
ˈsɛntrə
cleopatra
ˌkliːəˈpætrə
Electra
ɪˈlɛktrə
extra
ˈɛkstrə
Maharashtra
ˌmɑːhəˈræʃtrə
mantra
ˈmæntrə
montre
ˈmɒntrə
orchestra
ˈɔːkɪstrə
osetra
ɒˈsɛtrə
palestra
pəˈlɛstrə
Petra
ˈpɛtrə
quatre
ˈkætrə
sastra
ˈʃɑːstrə
Sinatra
sɪˈnɑːtrə
Sintra
ˈsɪntrə
spectra
ˈspɛktrə
Sumatra
sʊˈmɑːtrə
sutra
ˈsuːtrə
tetra
ˈtɛtrə
ultra
ˈʌltrə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ET CETERA

et
et al.
et seq.
eta
etacism
etaerio
etage
etalage
etalon
etamin
etamine
etape
etat
etatisme
etatist
etatiste
etc.
etceteras
etch
etchant

WORDS THAT END LIKE ET CETERA

ciguatera
coelentera
Coleoptera
diptera
entera
hymenoptera
Jerez de la Frontera
lavatera
lepidoptera
macrolepidoptera
mesentera
microlepidoptera
monoptera
monstera
neuroptera
orthoptera
patera
santera
sesquialtera

Synonyms and antonyms of et cetera in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ET CETERA»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «et cetera» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of et cetera

Translation of «et cetera» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ET CETERA

Find out the translation of et cetera to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of et cetera from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «et cetera» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

等等
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

etcétera
570 millions of speakers

English

et cetera
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वगैरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وهلم جرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

и так далее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

et cetera
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইত্যাদি ইত্যাদি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

et cetera
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

sebagainya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

usw.
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エトセトラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

등 세트라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lan liya-liyane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vân vân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மற்றும் பல
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आणि ते
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Et cetera
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

et cetera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

et cetera
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

і так далі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

et cetera
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

et cetera
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ensovoorts
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

et cetera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

et cetera
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of et cetera

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ET CETERA»

The term «et cetera» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.182 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ET CETERA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «et cetera» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «et cetera» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about et cetera

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10 QUOTES WITH «ET CETERA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word et cetera.
1
Frank Abagnale
The biggest thing that concerns me is when we start getting countries using cybercrime to shut down infrastructure, electricity, communications systems, the Internet, et cetera.
2
Francis Alys
What I can't tell with a photo I will tell with a painting, and what I can't tell with a painting I will tell with a video or text sometimes, et cetera.
3
Richard Armitage
I think that although we say we don't want to be the policeman of the world and et cetera, when 911 is dialed, it's the United States that has to answer the call.
4
Henry Cloud
In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge,' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.
5
Ian Hamilton Finlay
I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
6
Jennifer Granholm
Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees.
7
William Scranton
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are.
8
Al-Waleed bin Talal
You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.
9
Clarence Thomas
There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did, and you had to survive. That is hard. In order to respond to that, he had to become a hard man, with very hard rules, very hard discipline for himself, very hard days, hard work, et cetera.
10
Sela Ward
Yes and our obsession with youth in our culture and how we, women lie about their age after 35 obsessively and no one wants to let anyone know they're getting older, et cetera.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ET CETERA»

Discover the use of et cetera in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to et cetera and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Predecessors, Et Cetera: Essays
Reflecting on her poetic predecessors and contemporaries, Amy Clampitt reveals the many connections in their craft Predecessors, Et Cetera collects Amy Clampitt's reflections on her predecessors and her contemporaries and reveals the ...
Amy Clampitt, 1991
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A B C Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet
Describes the origins and history of words adopted from Latin and discusses ancient and modern usage.
Alexander Humez, Nicolas Humez, 1987
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Rabbits, crabs, etc. [et cetera]: stories by Japanese women
" --Publishers Weekly"An extremely illuminating collection. Each story is compelling--spare in style but rich in emotion. Taken as a whole, these stories give considerable insight into the Japanese psyche, both male and female." --Booklist
Phyllis Birnbaum, 1982
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Michigan Barns, Et Cetera: Rural Buildings of the Great Lake ...
This skillfully illustrated book features fifty images (suitable for framing) of barns, covered bridges, churches and other rural buildings throughout Michigan.
‎2011
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Et Cetera
Mingchao and the gang go out to save Benkate in exchange for the Zodiac. Only one problem ... the Etc-Gun doesn't seem to be working!
Tow Nakazaki, Jason Deitrich, Brandon Violette, 2006
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Non-story of a Chief Secretary During Emergency, Et Cetera
Experiences of an Indian civil servant, most relating to Rajasthan during the seventies.
Mohan Mukerji, 1982
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Corpora and Discourse: The Challenges of Different Settings
How do the students teacher teacher tutor et cetera. wrong. That's the way to do it . Arrows should be this line thickness et cetera et cetera. You're not writing an essay. Your use of short forms ellipsis R U there et cetera. an exploder view with  ...
Annelie del, Randi Reppen, 2008
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Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher
One of the best writiers of short essays in English.--Newsweek
Lewis Thomas, 2000
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The Lover's Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of ...
In Early Modern English a number of slang synonyms for cunt emerged, one of the strangest of which was et cetera, a Latin phrase that literally means and the others. The best known instance of this use of et cetera occurs in the First Quarto  ...
Mark Morton, 2003
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Leaving the Atocha Station
In prose that veers between the comic and tragic, the self-contemptuous and the inspired, Leaving the Atocha Station is a dazzling introduction to one of the smartest, funniest and most audacious writers of his generation.
Ben Lerner, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ET CETERA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term et cetera is used in the context of the following news items.
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Our Top Five Takeaways From Today's Hearings on Encryption
I've heard my colleagues, with all due respect, talking about attacks on privacy and our constitutional rights et cetera, et cetera, but it seems to ... «EFF, Jul 15»
2
What happened at yesterday's Congressional hearings on banning …
... talking about attacks on privacy and our constitutional rights et cetera, et cetera, but it seems to me that our first obligation is the protection of ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
3
Investors behind Linkedin, Dropbox dance around whether tech is in …
Sze cites the influx of mobile, which made “businesses that would've been terrible businesses—you know, an Uber, an Airbnb, et cetera—in ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
4
How good was Chase Daniel in big games? Let's take a look
Et cetera. That receiving corps was loaded. Hell, it made our Greatest top 20. I could point out that the players who were around in both 2005 ... «Rock M Nation, Jul 15»
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See what half a million dollars from an alternative lender costs
"Traditional bankers saw our deal as 'interesting' on an emotional level, but not fundable: too old, not a chain, too small, too rural, et cetera. «Albuquerque Business First, Jul 15»
6
Bee Hotels Give Native Species A Place To Call Home
Fruits like almonds, apples, et cetera, we wouldn't have. They just wouldn't exist.” And while the focus of recent federal protection seems to be ... «KUNC, Jul 15»
7
Johnny Marr calls Osborne and Cameron 'patronising and thick'
Land of the free et cetera. Well, yesterday Marr decided to resume hostilities, with the Conservative pet 'Northern Powerhouse' project in his ... «PoliticsHome.com, Jul 15»
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WDIV's Ruth Spencer, 'Ruth to the Rescue,' to retire
We didn't see a brain tumor; it's not epilepsy; it's not something —a mini stroke —it's not this, it's not that, et cetera, et cetera,” Spencer said. «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
9
Council milks cow waiver
COW Jacques Leury, owner of Cheddar Et Cetera, poses for a photo in front of his Orleans store in 2011. The cow on his roof was being ... «Ottawa Sun, Jul 15»
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GOG.com's old-school PC games will be ready for Windows 10
The entire existence of GOG.com (and DOSBox, et cetera) is predicated on the fact that eventually our computers outgrew—for a number of ... «PCWorld, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Et cetera [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/et-cetera>. May 2024 ».
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