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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dot1 /dɑt/USA pronunciation n., v., dot•ted, dot•ting. n. [countable] - a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen:She forgot the dot on the letter i and so it looked like an l .
- a small spot;
speck:She bought a blue dress with white dots on it. - a small amount:a dot of butter.
- Cryptography, Telecommunicationsa signal of shorter length than a dash, used in groups along with groups of dashes and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
v. [~ + object] - to mark with or as if with a dot or dots:to dot the letter i.
- to cover, scatter, or sprinkle with or as if with dots:From above we could see the trees dotting the landscape.
Idioms- Idioms dot one's i's and cross one's t's, to be meticulous and precise.
- Idioms, Informal Terms on the dot, precisely;
exactly at the time said:We arrived at 6:00 on the dot.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dot1 (dot),USA pronunciation n., v., dot•ted, dot•ting. n. - a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- a minute or small spot on a surface;
speck:There were dots of soot on the window sill. - anything relatively small or specklike.
- a small specimen, section, amount, or portion:a dot of butter.
- a period, esp. as used when pronouncing an Internet address.
- Music and Dance
- a point placed after a note or rest, to indicate that the duration of the note or rest is to be increased one half. A double dot further increases the duration by one half the value of the single dot.
- a point placed under or over a note to indicate that it is to be played staccato.
- Cryptography, Telecommunications[Teleg.]a signal of shorter duration than a dash, used in groups along with groups of dashes and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
- Printingan individual element in a halftone reproduction.
- on the dot, [Informal.]precisely;
exactly at the time specified:The guests arrived at eight o'clock on the dot. - British Terms, Idioms the year dot, very long ago.
v.t. - to mark with or as if with a dot or dots.
- to stud or diversify with or as if with dots:Trees dot the landscape.
- to form or cover with dots:He dotted a line across the page.
- Food[Cookery.]to sprinkle with dabs of butter, margarine, or the like:Dot the filling with butter.
v.i. - to make a dot or dots.
- Idioms dot one's i's and cross one's t's, to be meticulous or precise, even to the smallest detail.
- bef. 1000; perh. to be identified with Old English dott head of a boil, though not attested in Middle English; compare dottle, dit, derivative of Old English dyttan to stop up (probably derivative of dott); cognate with Old High German tutta nipple
dot′like′, adj. dot′ter, n. dot2 (dot, dôt),USA pronunciation n. [Civil Law.]- Lawdowry (def. 1).
- Latin dōtem, accusative of dōs dowry, akin to dāre to give
- French
- 1850–55;
do•tal (dōt′l),USA pronunciation adj. Dot (dot),USA pronunciation n. - a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
DOT, - Government, See Department of Transportation.
- Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
dot1,1 + n. - a period, esp. as used in pronouncing an Internet address.
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