What (who) is dot - definition
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Dot (punctuation); DOT; DoT; Dot (disambiguation); D.O.T.; Dot punctuation; Dot (typography); Dot typography; Dot symbol; Dot sign; One dot; The Dot
dot
(dots, dotting, dotted)
1.
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.
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2.
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.
= speck, spot
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3.
When things dot a place or an area, they are scattered or spread all over it.
Small coastal towns dot the landscape.
VERB: V n
4.
5.
If you arrive somewhere or do something on the dot, you arrive there or do it at exactly the time that you were supposed to.
They appeared on the dot of 9.50 pm as always...
= punctually
PHRASE
6.
If you say that someone dots the i's and crosses the t's, you mean that they pay great attention to every small detail in a task; often used to express your annoyance because such detailed work seems unnecessary and takes a very long time.
PHRASE: Vs inflect
DoT
¦ abbreviation
1. (in Canada and formerly in the UK) Department of Transport.
2. (in the US) Department of Transportation.
Dot
·vi To make dots or specks.
II. Dot ·noun A marriage portion; dowry.
III. Dot ·vt To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
IV. Dot ·vt To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.
V. Dot ·noun A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.
VI. Dot ·noun Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.
Wikipedia
Dot
A dot is usually a small, round spot.
Dot, DoT or DOT may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for dot
1. Dot, dot, dot.
Good in a Room _ Stephanie Palmer _ Talks at Google
2. Dot, dot, dot.
Summing it Up _ Avner Ash & Robert Gross _ Talks at Google
3. dot, dot, dot.
Winning The Gold _ Meryl Davis & Charlie White _ Talks at Google
4. you dot, dot, dot.
Clark _ Talks at Google
5. Dot, dot, dot.
A Deadly Wandering _ Matt Richtel _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of dot
1. Department of Transportation (DOT). At issue is how DOT officials interpret a legal requirement concerning "actual control" of U.S. airlines.
2. The ensuing dot com bubble predictably resulted in the dot com crash with hundreds of companies going to the wall.
3. According to four former senior DOT officials, Virginia‘s decision upset Duvall and then–DOT chief of staff John A.
4. Construction cranes now dot Nizhny Novgorod‘s skyline.
5. Foundations of long–forgotten buildings dot shorelines.