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Etc. stands for et cetera and means and so forth. (adverb)
An example of the usage of etc. is in the sentence, "Please purchase some fruit such as apples, oranges, etc.," which means "Please purchase some fruit such as apples, oranges and more."
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See etc. in Webster's New World College Dictionary