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| dot [ dot, dō ] |
noun (plural dots) |
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1. written or printed point: a small round written or printed mark that placed above the body of the lowercase letter "i" or one of a set of three replacing missing text
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2. spot or speck: a small round mark, spot, or speck
  The ship was just a dot on the horizon.
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3. small amount: a very small amount, especially of butter used for basting
a dot of butter
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4. online Internet punctuation mark: a punctuation mark used to separate the various components of an Internet address
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5. communication mark used in Morse code: the shorter of the two signaling elements used in Morse code, represented as a small round mark
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6. music symbol placed after note in music: in written or printed music, a small round mark placed after a note or rest to increase its value by half
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7. logic mark indicating logical conjunction: a small round mark used in logic to join compound sentences when both elements are true
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transitive verb (past and past participle dot·ted, present participle dot·ting, 3rd person present singular dots) |
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1. put dot over something: to mark something with a dot
dot your i's
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2. sprinkle something with dots: to scatter or sprinkle something with spots, specks, or small amounts of something
Dot the fish with butter.
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| [ Old English dott "head of a boil," probably < Germanic, "lump, plug"] |
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| dot·ter noun |
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on the dot (of) exactly at the specified time
arrived on the dot
was expected to get here on the dot of nine
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