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   dot

   /dɒt/

   noun

   • 1. a small round mark or spot: "a symbol depicted in coloured dots"
   • ▪ a small round mark written or printed as part of an i or j, as one of a series of marks to signify omission, or as a full stop.
   • ▪ a small round mark used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato.
   • ▪ the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code.
   • ▪ used to refer to an object that appears tiny because it is far away: "they were mere dots on the horizon now"
   • ▪ used to indicate the punctuation separating parts of an email or website address: "OUP dot com"

   verb

   • 1. mark with a small spot or spots: "wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt" Similar spotfleckbespecklemarkdabstipplepockfrecklesprinkledustliterary:befleckbestrewbesprinkle
   • ▪ (of a number of items) be scattered over (an area): "churches dot the countryside" Similar scatterpeppersprinklestrewlitterpunctuatestudcoverspreaddisperseinterspersedistribute
   • ▪ place a dot over (a letter): "you need to dot the i"
   • ▪ mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half: "you can turn a reel into a hornpipe by slowing it down a bit and dotting the quavers"
   • 2. hit (someone): informal British "‘You want to dot him one,’ he said"

   Word Origin Old Englishdott ‘head of a boil’. The word is recorded only once in Old English, then not until the late 16th century, when it is found in the sense ‘a small lump or clot’, perhaps influenced by Dutch dot ‘a knot’. The sense ‘small mark or spot’ dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dotter noun

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   What does a dot mean?

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   What is a dot in math?

   • A dot is a very small round mark, for example one that is used as the top part of the letter 'i', as a full stop, or as a decimal point. You can refer to something that you can see in the distance and that looks like a small round mark as a dot. Soon they were only dots above the hard line of the horizon.

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   What is a dot on a window?

   • a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen. There were dots of soot on the windowsill. anything relatively small or specklike. a dot of butter. a period, especially as used when pronouncing an internet address. Music. a point placed after a note or rest, to indicate that the duration of the note or rest is to be increased one half.

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   What does a dot look like?

   • You can refer to something that you can see in the distance and that looks like a small round mark as a dot. Soon they were only dots above the hard line of the horizon. When things dot a place or an area, they are scattered or spread all over it.

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