dot
/dɑt/
noun
- A small, round mark or spot.
- There is a dot at the end of every sentence.
- She drew a tiny dot on the paper to mark the spot.
- The night sky was full of tiny dots of light.
- A symbol used in writing or printing, such as a decimal point or a period.
- In an email address, the dot separates the username from the domain.
- Make sure to put a dot after the abbreviation 'Dr.'
- The price was written as three dot five dollars.
- A short signal used in Morse code.
- He tapped out a dot and a dash to signal for help.
- In Morse code, the letter 'E' is a single dot.
- The message consisted of three dots followed by three dashes.
Antonyms
verb
- To mark with a small spot or spots.
- She dotted the map to show all the places she had visited.
- The artist dotted the canvas with bright colors.
- Please dot the 'i' in your signature.
- To be scattered or placed in various locations.
- Wildflowers dot the meadow in spring.
- Lighthouses dot the coastline along the Atlantic.
- Small houses dot the countryside.
preposition
- Used to indicate a decimal point in numbers (informal).
- The recipe calls for one dot five cups of flour.
- He ran the race in nine dot eight seconds.
- The answer is two dot five, not twenty-five.