name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: dŏt
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UK: /dɒt/
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US: dät
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US: /dɑt/
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Australian: /dɔt/
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rhymes with -ɒt
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CMU ARPABET: D AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
Initialism of Department of Tourism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A small, round spot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a dot of colour
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: speck, spot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- The homepage of English Wiktionary is en.wiktionary.org. [read aloud: E-N-dot-wiktionary-dot-org]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: full stop, period, point
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decimal point
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
in musical notation, a symbol in the form of a small point placed after a note, indicating that its duration is to be augmented by 50%.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A lump or clot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blob
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a dot of a child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dab, ounce, dicky-bird, itsy-bitsy, minuity, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A dot ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shotty
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
Clipping of dotty (“shotgun”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bruckback, broom, scattergun, shotty
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
confinement facility
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English, rare, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slammer, can, bin
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
Clipping of dotfile
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
Initialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 18
Initialism of damage over time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: video-games
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: HOT
noun
Meaning 19
A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 20
Alternative spelling of DOT.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 21
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD
noun
Meaning 22
the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: telegraphic signal, radiotelegraphic signal
noun
Meaning 23
the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Department of Transportation, Transportation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: executive department
noun
Meaning 24
a very small circular shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a row of points
- draw lines between the dots
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: point
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disk, disc, saucer
verb
Meaning 25
mark with a dot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dot your `i's
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mark
verb
Meaning 26
make a dot or dots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: write
verb
Meaning 27
distribute loosely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scatter, sprinkle, dust, disperse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discharge
Narrower terms: spray, spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash, sprinkle, bespangle, aerosolize, aerosolise
verb
Meaning 28
scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Hills constellated with lights
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stud, constellate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover, continue, extend
History
Etymology
From Middle English *dot, dotte, from Old English dott (“a dot, point”), from Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic *duttaz (“wisp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dot, Dotte (“a clump”), Dutch dot (“lump, knot, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”), dialectal Swedish dott (“a little heap, bunch, clump”).
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: Doortje — diminutive of Dorothy
- Polish: Dosia — diminutive of Dorothy