English Reference
Noun

etcetera

n. uncountable
B2 Upper Intermediate US /ˈɛtˈsɛtɝə/ etcetera UK spelling etceteras

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.


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

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Level B2 · Upper Intermediate
Frequency Occasional
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