spot

(Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
2. A stain or disfiguring mark.
3. A pimple, papule or pustule.
4. A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
5. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
6. (US, slang) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
7. A location or area.
8. A parking space.
9. An official determination of placement.
10. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
11. (US) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
12. A difficult situation.
13. One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
14. Penalty spot.
15. The act of spotting or noticing something.
16. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
17. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
18. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
19. (dated, in-plural) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
20. An autosoliton.
21. A decimal point; point.
22. Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
23. Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

Verb

1. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
2. (US, ditransitive, slang) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
3. (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
4. (transitive) To cover with spots, to speckle.
5. To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
6. (dialectal) To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
7. (transitive) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
8. (transitive) To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
9. (transitive) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
10. (transitive) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
11. (transitive) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
12. (transitive) To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
13. (transitive) To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.
14. (intransitive) Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.
15. (transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
16. (transitive) To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
2. (informal, not-comparable) Exact; precise.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/spɒt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: spot

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: splot

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: splott

Συγγενές με Βόρεια Φριζιανά: spot

Συγγενές με Κάτω Γερμανικά: spot

Συγγενές με Παλαιά Νορβηγικά: spotti

In summary

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”).
Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.

Έννοιες

κηλίδα

τόπος

σημειώνω

κηλιδώνω

σημείο

βούλα

στίγμμα

λεκές

κηλίς

παρατηρώ

στίζω

φαλάκρα

σπίλωμα

θέση εργασίας

σπίλος

σημειακός προβολέας

tópos

ανακαλύπτω

σποτ

βλέπω

κέντρο

χωριό

διακρίνω

στίγμα

ακούω

αναγνωρίζω

Συνώνυμα

place

stain

dot

mark

speck

speckle

blot

point

site

location

blemish

fleck

position

smudge

pimple

notice

smear

blotch

detect

smirch

find

🔍

venue

area

brand

bit

locality

patch

slur

sight

spy

discern

discover

note

see

👀

dapple

situation

perceive

period

space

distinguish

pustule

recognize

blur

pip

post

glimpse

adjoining

mottle

neighbouring

espy

Προτάσεις

It is a popular spot for surfing and swimming .

Είναι ένα δημοφιλές σημείο για σέρφινγκ και κολύμπι.

Two years ago , right here on this spot , I had a recurrent dream , too .

Πριν από δύο χρόνια, εδώ σε αυτό το σημείο, είχα και ένα επαναλαμβανόμενο όνειρο.