dotnoun
uk/dɒt/us/dɑːt/B2 [ C ] a very small round mark:
The full stop at the end of this sentence is a dot.
Her skirt was blue with white dots.
B1 [ U ] the spoken form of a full stop in an internet or email address, or some computer files:
"What's the web address?" "www dot cambridge dot org".
[ C ] old-fashioned the short sounds or short flashes of light used with dashes when sending messages in Morse (code)
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- If you join up the dots on the paper, you'll get a picture.
- "What's your email address?" "It's cide at cambridge dot org."
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- posting
- troll
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
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Internet, email and texting conventions
Idiom(s)
on the dot
the year dot
dotverb
uk/dɒt/us/dɑːt/-tt-[ T ] to put a dot or dots on something:
Your handwriting is hard to read because you don't dot your i's.
[ T often passive ] to be spread across an area, or to spread many similar things across an area:
We have offices dotted around/all over the region.
The area is dotted with beautiful churches.
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Writing & typing
- asterisk
- borrow
- chalk
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- enter
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write
- write sth up
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Spreading and scattering
Idiom(s)
dot the i's and cross the t's