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Dots

A small, round spot.

📖 Definitions of "Dots"

noun
  1. 1

    A small, round spot.

    "a dot of colour"

  2. 2

    (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

  3. 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. 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.

verb
  1. 1

    To cover with small spots (of some liquid).

    "His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint."

  2. 2

    To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

    "Dot your is and cross your ts."

  3. 3

    To mark by means of dots or small spots.

    "to dot a line"

  4. 4

    To mark or diversify with small detached objects.

    "to dot a landscape with cottages"

noun
  1. 1

    A dowry.

noun
  1. 1

    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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