adj · name · noun · verb · 63 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/spɒt/
rhymes with -ɒt
US:/spɑt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: business, commerce, finance
Examples
spot wheat
spot cash
a spot contract
Meaning relationships
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Exact; precise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable
Examples
The other bus meets yours at the intersection within one minute; it's a spot connection, and you might not make it.
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3
name
Meaning 3
A popular given name for a dog
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
Why do ladybugs have spots?
Meaning relationships
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A stain or disfiguring mark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A pimple, papule or pustule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.
I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.
Meaning relationships
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7
noun
Meaning 7
A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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8
noun
Meaning 8
A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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18
noun
Meaning 18
The act of spotting or noticing something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
You've misspelled "terrapin" here. —Whoops. Good spot.
Meaning relationships
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19
noun
Meaning 19
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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20
noun
Meaning 20
A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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21
noun
Meaning 21
The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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22
noun
Meaning 22
Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, in-plural
Qualifier: brokers' slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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23
noun
Meaning 23
An autosoliton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.
From spot.
Across languages
Translations
270 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
на място
(na mjasto)
— available on the spot
Chinese Mandarin:
現貨的 /现货的
(xiànhuò de)
— available on the spot
Finnish:
spot-
— available on the spot
Spanish:
al contado
— available on the spot
Spanish:
actual
— available on the spot
Spanish:
inmediato
— available on the spot
Spanish:
momentáneo
— available on the spot
Spanish:
del momento
— available on the spot
Albanian:
Pik
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Arabic:
بُقْعَة
(buqʕa)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Arabic:
بُقْعة
(bugʕa)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Bulgarian:
петно́
(petnó)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Catalan:
taca
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Chinese Mandarin:
斑點 /斑点
(bāndiǎn)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Czech:
skvrna
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Danish:
plet
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Dutch:
vlek
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Dutch:
plek
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Esperanto:
makulo
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Estonian:
laik
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Finnish:
pilkku
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Finnish:
täplä
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
French:
tache
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Galician:
mancha
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Galician:
pinta
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
German:
Fleck
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
German:
Punkt
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Greek:
βούλα
(voúla)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Hungarian:
folt
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Hungarian:
petty
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Hungarian:
pötty
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Irish:
spota
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Irish:
ball
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Italian:
macchia
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Japanese:
斑
(buchi)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Japanese:
斑点
(hanten)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Japanese:
染み
(shimi)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Korean:
점
(jeom)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Latin:
macula
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Malay:
tompok
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Māori:
pure
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Khiamniungan Naga:
tìm
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Norwegian:
flekk
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Norwegian:
prikk
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Plautdietsch:
Tips
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Polish:
cętka
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Portuguese:
mancha
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Russian:
пятно́
(pjatnó)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Scottish Gaelic:
spot
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Serbo-Croatian:
mrlja
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Spanish:
mancha
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Swedish:
fläck
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Swedish:
prick
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Turkish:
benek
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Ottoman Turkish:
بكك
(beñek)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color
Ukrainian:
пляма
(pljama)
— a round or irregular patch of a different color