dots
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English
Definitions
noun
- A small, round spot.“a dot of colour”
- (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
- A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
- 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.
verb
- To cover with small spots (of some liquid).“His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.”
- To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.“Dot your is and cross your ts.”
- To mark by means of dots or small spots.“to dot a line”
- To mark or diversify with small detached objects.“to dot a landscape with cottages”
noun
- A dowry.
noun
- A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.
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Synonyms
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