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Etcetera Moderate

Etcetera has 3 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adverb · Phrase

Definitions
Noun
1

additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same

"his report was full of etceteras"

Adverb
1

continuing in the same way

Phrase
1

Alternative form of et cetera

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
stuff

Origin

The word comes from the Latin phrase et cetera, which literally means "and the other things." It is used to indicate that there are additional items of the same kind not listed.

Rhyming Words
era gera pera lera vera tera mera nera kera cera hera sera guera meera kiera apera thera neera ciera opera
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