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US
/ˈspɑt/
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[ UK /spˈɒt/ ]
[ UK /spˈɒt/ ]
VERB
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become spotted
This dress spots quickly -
mar or impair with a flaw
her face was blemished -
detect with the senses
I can't make out the faces in this photograph
The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards -
make a spot or mark onto
The wine spotted the tablecloth -
mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
spot the areas that one should clearly identify - catch sight of
NOUN
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a point located with respect to surface features of some region
this is a nice place for a picnic
a bright spot on a planet -
a slight attack of illness
he has a touch of rheumatism -
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
he made a huge blot on his copybook -
a job in an organization
he occupied a post in the treasury -
a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
an eight-spot -
a business establishment for entertainment
night spot -
a blemish made by dirt
he had a smudge on his cheek -
an outstanding characteristic
his acting was one of the high points of the movie -
a small contrasting part of something
a leopard's spots
a patch of clouds
a fleck of red
patches of thin ice
a bald spot - a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
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a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
they changed his spot on the program - a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
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a small piece or quantity of something
I gave him a bit of my mind
a bit of lint
a bit of paper
a spot of tea
How To Use spot In A Sentence
- As far back as the 1920s, it was an easy getaway for Hollywood types looking for a little privacy; and this golden era lives on at select spots.
- The popular beauty spot is home to a variety of wildlife including birds and types of bats.
- Back on the boat and heading to shore, we spotted a spout, a fin and then the flukes of a humpback whale.
- The Navajo made a tea of spotted coralroot used as a lotion for ringworm or skin disease.
- A specially designed speculum is used to help direct the injection into the G-spot, with effects lasting around four months. G Marks The Spot
- Many scientists think that hotspots mark locations where diapiric convection cells, called mantle ‘plumes’, rise beneath lithospheric plates.
- But when she spots a tin of cash lying around, she is sorely tempted to commit a dastardly act. The Sun
- Life can not fade , the multiple spot color can't accommodate oneself to wonderful just now best,alive.
- But others of the Muscovite band were fond of congregating at this spot and hour for their lustral summer rites -- white-skinned lads and lasses, matrons and reverent elders, all in a state of Adamitic nudity, splashing about the water of this sunny cover, devouring raw fish and crabs after the manner of the fabled Ichthyophagi, laughing, kissing, saying nice things about God, and combing out each other's long tow-coloured hair. South Wind
- After a long, tedious sail, during which I was subjected to every discomfort, and exposure to the weather, as well as jeers and insults that effervesced from a corrupt heart, where they had been concealed for so many years, we reached a spot near enough to the land to discover a cluster of orange trees and a cabin. Bond and Free: A Tale of the South
