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Definitions for Dots

[1] a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
[2] a minute or small spot on a surface; speck: There were dots of soot on the window sill.
[3] anything relatively small or specklike.
[4] a small specimen, section, amount, or portion: a dot of butter.
[5] a period, especially as used when pronouncing an Internet address.
[6] Music . a point placed after a note or rest, to indicate that the duration of the note or rest is to be increased one half. A double dot further increases the duration by one half the value of the single dot. a point placed under or over a note to indicate that it is to be played staccato.
[7] Telegraphy . a signal of shorter duration than a dash, used in groups along with groups of dashes and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
[8] Printing . an individual element in a halftone reproduction.
[9] to mark with or as if with a dot or dots.
[10] to stud or diversify with or as if with dots: Trees dot the landscape.
[11] to form or cover with dots: He dotted a line across the page.
[12] Cookery . to sprinkle with dabs of butter, margarine, or the like: Dot the filling with butter.
[13] to make a dot or dots.
[14] dot one's i's and cross one's t's , to be meticulous or precise, even to the smallest detail.
[15] on the dot , Informal . precisely; exactly at the time specified: The guests arrived at eight o'clock on the dot.
[16] the year dot , British Informal . very long ago.
[17] dowry(def 1) .
[18] a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
[19] Department of Transportation.
[20] Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
[21] a small round mark made with or as with a pen, etc; spot; speck; point
[22] anything resembling a dot; a small amount a dot of paint
[23] the mark (˙) that appears above the main stem of the letters i, j
[24] music the symbol (·) placed after a note or rest to increase its time value by half this symbol written above or below a note indicating that it must be played or sung staccato
[25] maths logic the symbol (.) indicating multiplication or logical conjunction a decimal point
[26] the symbol (·) used, in combination with the symbol for dash (–), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes Compare dit
[27] the year dot informal as long ago as can be remembered
[28] on the dot at exactly the arranged time
[29] (tr) to mark or form with a dot to dot a letter ; a dotted crotchet
[30] (tr) to scatter or intersperse (with dots or something resembling dots) bushes dotting the plain
[31] (intr) to make a dot or dots
[32] dot one's i's and cross one's t's to pay meticulous attention to detail
[33] civil law a woman's dowry

Words related to Dots

dotdroplet, fleck, speck, dab, sprinkle, stud, pepper, tittle, jot, mote, particle, point, spot, period, grain, atom, circle, mite, iota, pinpoint

Words nearby Dots

dotdossier, dossil, dost, dostoevsky, dostoyevsky, feodor, dot, dot ball, dot etching, dot matrix, dot product, dot the i's and cross the t's

Origin of Dots

21850–55; < French < Latin dōtem, accusative of dōs dowry, akin to dāre to give

Other words from Dots

dot·like , adjective
dot·ter , noun
do·tal [doht -l] /ˈdoʊt l/ , adjective

Word origin for Dots

C19: from French, from Latin dōs; related to dōtāre to endow, dāre to give

Synonyms for Dots

dab, droplet, fleck, speck, atom, circle, flyspeck, grain, iota, jot, mite, mote, particle, period, pinpoint, point, spot, tittle