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• noun
A small, round mark or spot.
"She carefully drew a tiny black dot at the end of her signature."
The spoken word for the period character when reading out an email address, website URL, or computer file name.
"My professional email is john dot smith at example dot com."
A short signal or pulse representing a letter or part of a letter in Morse code.
"The letter 'S' in Morse code consists of three consecutive dots."
• verb
To mark something with a small spot or spots.
"Remember to dot your lowercase 'i's and 'j's when writing by hand."
To be scattered or placed at intervals across an area.
"Dozens of small islands dot the coastline of the peninsula."
• Rhymes for dot
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'dott' (head of a boil or small lump), of Germanic origin. Its modern meaning of a simple point or mark developed over the Middle English period.
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