dot

Meaning

Noun

1. A small, round spot.
2. A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
3. A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
4. A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
5. in musical notation, a symbol in the form of a small point placed after a note, indicating that its duration is to be augmented by 50%.
6. One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
7. (obsolete) A lump or clot.
8. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
9. (informal) A dot ball.
10. (Multicultural-London-English) buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
11. (Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of dotty (“shotgun”).
12. (Multicultural-London-English, rare, slang) confinement facility

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
2. (transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
3. To mark by means of dots or small spots.
4. To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
5. (colloquial) To punch (a person).

Prep

Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.

Synonyms

spot

point

speck

period

full stop

speckle

sprinkle

mark

jot

stop

🛑

dust

dose

acid

stipple

window pane

dit

Zen

dapple

Elvis

mottle

loony toons

stud

back breaker

superman

scatter

battery-acid

pane

constellate

freckle

moment

fleck

drop

dowry

Lucy in the sky with diamonds

strew

stain

blot

disperse

pip

blip

punctuate

hit

here and there

decimal point

grain

black

full point

minim

dab

bit

Translations

point

Punkt

punto

ponto

punto

punt

stip

xal

τελεία

niqte

nokta

oog

👁️

punt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɒt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *dot

Inherited from Old English: dott

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Dot

Cognate with Dutch: dot

Cognate with Low German: Dutte

Cognate with Swedish: dott

In summary

From Middle English *dot, dotte, from Old English dott (“a dot, point”), from Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic *duttaz (“wisp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dot, Dotte (“a clump”), Dutch dot (“lump, knot, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”), dialectal Swedish dott (“a little heap, bunch, clump”).

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