dot

[US]/dɒt/
[UK]/dɑːt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. point, small round mark
vi. to put a mark on with a dot
vt. to add small dots to

Phrases & Collocations

dot matrix

dot product

black dot

red dot sight

dot com

digital dot

on the dot

dot with

quantum dot

the year dot

polka dot

dot size

dot matrix printer

dot pattern

Example Sentences

a dot matrix display board.

a slow dot-matrix printer.

a dot-com brokerage firm.

navy with ecru dot;antra with white dot;cacoa;gustard;

churches dot the countryside.

you need to dot the i.

Join the dots up to complete the drawing.

There is a dot between 6 and 0.

In contrast, there were three kinds of flyspeck: black dot, brown dot and micro-dot.

a jazzy design of dots and lines

he bent and kissed Dot on her forehead.

wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt.

he arrived on the dot at nine o'clock.

she doted on her two young children.

She dotes on her youngest son.

She arrived on the dot of 6.00.

Dot teethe when be the most painstaking? ?

Real-world Examples

The line is a dot to you!

Source: Friends Season 6

The colon is two dots, one over the other.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

Another way of expressing that is five o'clock on the dot, " dot."

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

Email Edd. That's E double D at yahoo dot co dot uk.

Source: Hear England

She has a dot next to her mouth.

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their skies.

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

The first story is about connecting the dots.

Source: Celebrity Speech Compilation

It's one little dot of your image.

Source: Listening Digest

And then came the dot com boom.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Here is Earth as a pale blue dot.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2015 Compilation

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