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US
/ˈspɑtɪŋ/
]
[ UK /spˈɒtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /spˈɒtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- the act of spotting or staining something
How To Use spotting In A Sentence
- This is far from being a work of mere trainspotting; in fact, in a strange way, it catalogues the architectural, social and economic history of modern Britain.
- Do you hit the town after dark, collapse quietly with a book or go celebrity-spotting?
- Carrion Crow nests are conspicuous and we were able to observe birds delivering food to nestlings using spotting scopes.
- Several days later, spotting the crow's nest of the ship over the headland of Cape Evans, they lit a fire as a signal for the ship to steam back and pick them up.
- BTW – San Fran is one of my favorite places – spotting or sunny! Umbrella
- In Trainspotting, Begbie's blood boils at the backpackers who see the sights of the city centre but are blind to the blighted landscape of its surrounding schemes.
- Others chat about the supposed late-night spotting of a large rat dragging a six-pack of bottled water across the warehouse floor.
- I thought maybe I'd bumped something, or maybe aquafit was too intense .. but today I did nothing physical and still there's spotting. Stem-d Diary Entry
- While the cod, pollack and haddock may have all but disappeared, you stand a good chance of spotting porpoises, minke whales and even the odd beluga.
- The tidal sealochs of the east coast are particularly good otter-spotting venues.