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etcetera

n. uncountable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɛtˈsɛtɝə// etcetera

n. and so on. You use it to show that there are more things in a list, but you do not want to name them all.

n. and the rest; and so on. Used to indicate that a list is not exhaustive and that other similar items follow.


Origin

From Latin et cetera (“etc.: and the other things”).

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