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English

{{rank|pain|official|loss|941|spot|wonderful|shook|fit}}

Etymology

Perhaps from or .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /spɒt/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-spot.ogg


Noun

  1. A stain or disfigure|disfiguring mark.
  2. : I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.
  3. A pimple or pustule.
  4. : That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.
  5. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
  6. : The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
  7. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  8. : Would you like to come round on Sunday for a spot of lunch?
  9. A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars (US).
  10. : Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.
  11. A particular location or area.
  12. : I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.
  13. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
  14. A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
  15. : Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?


Derived terms


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vlek|f}}, {{t+|nl|plek|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Fleck|m}}
  • Norwegian: flekk
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mancha|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|пятно|n|tr=p'atnó|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|fläck|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t|nl|puist|f}}
  • French: {{t+|fr|bouton|m}}
  • Norwegian: kvise
  • Russian: {{t-|ru|прыщик|m|tr=prýšik|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Scots: pluke
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|grano|m}}
  • Arabic:
  • Chinese: 斑點, 斑点 (bāndiǎn)
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vlek|f}}, {{t+|nl|plek|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|tache|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Fleck|m}}
  • Greek: {{t|el|βούλα|f|sc=Grek}} (voúla)
  • Hungarian:
  • Italian: {{t+|it|macchia|f}}
  • Japanese: 斑 (buchi), 斑点 (hanten), 染み (shimi)
  • Korean: 점 (jeom)
  • Norwegian: flekk, prikk
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mancha|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|пятно|n|tr=p'atnó|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|mancha|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|fläck|c}}, {{t-|sv|prick|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|beetje|n}}, {{t+|nl|hap|m}}
  • French: {{t+|fr|peu|m}}
  • German: Bisschen
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|ちょっと|tr=chotto|sc=Jpan}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pouco|m}}
  • Spanish: poquito / poquita
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|plaats|f}}, {{t+|nl|plek|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Stelle|f}}, {{t+|de|Ort|m}}
  • Japanese: 場所 (basho)
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|sted|n}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lugar|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|место|n|tr=m'esto|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|plats|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|spot|m}}, {{t|nl|straler|m}}
  • Finnish: spotti, kohdevalo
  • Portuguese:
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|spot|m}}, {{t|nl|reclamespot|m}}
  • : {{t-|es|paraje|m}}

Verb

{{en-verb|spot|t|ing}}

  1. To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate or identify.
  2. : Try to spot the differences between these two entries.
  3. To loan a small amount of money to someone.
  4. : I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.
  5. To stain; to leave a spot.
  6. : Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
  7. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
  8. : I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
  9. {{context|gymnastics|dance|weightlifting}} To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
  10. : I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
  11. To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
  12. : Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.


Translations

  • Dutch: ,
  • Norwegian: låne
  • Dutch: , {{t+|nl|vlek|alt=vlekken}}
  • Portuguese:
  • Dutch:
  • Dutch:

Anagrams


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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /spɔt/


Etymology 1

Noun

{{nl-noun|g=m|-|-}}

  1. mockery


Synonyms


Verb

spot

  1. {{nth s ind sim pres of|spotten|nth=1|L=Dutch}}


Etymology

Borrowed from .

Noun

{{nl-noun|g=m|spots|spotje}}

  1. #English|spot; a spotlight.
  2. #English|spot; a brief segment on television.


Anagrams


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French

Etymology

Borrowed from .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /spɔt/


Noun

  1. light spot
  2. blip
  3. {{context|cinematography|theatre|lang=fr}} spotlight, #English|spot


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw.
spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit
to eject from the mouth, and cf. Spatter.]
1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
blot; a place discolored.
[1913 Webster]

Out, damned spot! Out, I say! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
[1913 Webster]

Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
leopard; the spots on a playing card.
[1913 Webster]

4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
"Fixed to one spot." --Otway.
[1913 Webster]

That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
--Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Zool.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called
from a spot on its head just above its beak.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Zool.)
(a) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the
Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black
spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette,
masooka, and old wife.
(b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
[1913 Webster]

7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]
[1913 Webster]

Crescent spot (Zool.), any butterfly of the family
Melitaeidae having crescent-shaped white spots along the
margins of the red or brown wings.

Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
illumination; -- called also spotted lens.

Spot rump (Zool.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa
haemastica}).

Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.

On the spot, or Upon the spot, immediately; before
moving; without changing place; as, he made his decision
on the spot.

It was determined upon the spot. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
blemish; place; site; locality.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spotting.]
1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to
discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots
or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.
[1913 Webster]

2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize;
to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant]
[1913 Webster]

3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish,
as reputation; to asperse.
[1913 Webster]

My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]

If ever I shall close these eyes but once,
May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]

To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for
hewing.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spot \Spot\, v. i.
To become stained with spots.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), a.
Lit., being on the spot, or place; hence (Com.), on hand for
immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as,
spot wheat.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet spot
n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some
region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" [syn: {topographic
point}, place]
2: a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv
programs or in a magazine) that is often used for
advertising
3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
smudge, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
4: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a
leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin
ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: speckle, dapple, patch,
fleck, maculation]
5: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific
performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the
program"
6: an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the
high points of the movie" [syn: point]
7: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, billet,
place, situation]
9: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"
[syn: touch]
10: a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper" [syn: bit]
11: a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn:
pip]
12: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a
restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage
performer [syn: spotlight]
13: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to
indicate its value; "an eight spot"
14: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear,
smirch, stain]
v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, espy, spy]
2: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn: blemish]
3: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
[syn: fleck, blob, blot]
4: become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
5: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition;
"spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
[also: spotting, spotted]
Moby Dictionary
CRT spot , DM display , Doppler signal , IF signal , IM display ,
RF echoes , abode , ace , acne , aimless , allocate , appointment , arc ,
arc light , area , ascertain , aspersion , assign , atom , attaint ,
badge of infamy , band , bar , bar sinister , baton , beam , bearings ,
beat signal , bedabble , bedaub , behold , bench mark , bend sinister ,
berth , besmear , besmirch , besmutch , besoil , bespangle , bespatter ,
bespeckle , bespot , besprinkle , billet , bind , birthmark , bit , bite ,
black , black eye , black mark , blacken , blaze , blaze a trail ,
blemish , blips , bloodstain , blot , blotch , blur , boils , bounces ,
box , brand , bread , broad arrow , case , caste mark , catch ,
catch sight of , censure , chalk up , champain , check , check off ,
checker , checkmark , cicatrix , cicatrize , circumstance ,
clap eyes on , clutch , collocate , color filter , commercial ,
commercial announcement , complication , condition , connection ,
corner , crumb , crunch , cut , dab , dabble , dapple , dappledness ,
dappleness , dash , daub , define , delimit , demarcate , deploy , descry ,
designless , detect , determinate , diagnose , dilemma , dimmer , dirty ,
discern , discolor , discoloration , discover , disparagement , display ,
dispose , distinguish , district , dole , dollop , dot , dottedness ,
double-dot display , draft , dram , dredge , drench , dribble , driblet ,
drink , drop , dust , dwarf , earmark , echo , echo signal ,
embarrassing position , embarrassment , emplace , emplacement ,
encounter , engrave , engraving , eruptions , espy , estate , eyesore ,
farthing , fine how-do-you-do , finger , fix , flake , fleck , flick ,
floats , flood , floodlight , flour , flyspeck , footing , footlights ,
foots , fragment , freckle , freckliness , gargle , gash , gelatin ,
get a fix , glimpse , gobbet , grain , granule , graving , groat , guzzle ,
hack , hair , handful , haphazard , harlequin , hatch , have ,
have in sight , hell to pay , hit , hit-or-miss , hobble , hole ,
home in on , home on , hot water , how-do-you-do , identify , imbroglio ,
impress , imprint , imputation , install , intersperse , iota , iris ,
irregular , jam , jigger , jolt , jot , ken , klieg light , know ,
know again , latitude and longitude , lay eyes on , lentigo , libation ,
lieu , light plot , lights , limelight , line , little , little bit , lob ,
local oscillator signal , locale , locality , localize , locate ,
location , locus , look on , look upon , lot , lota , macula , maculate ,
maculation , macule , make a mark , make out , map , marble , marbleize ,
mark , mark of Cain , mark off , mark out , marking , marquee , medium ,
meet with , mess , minim , minimum , minutiae , mite , mix , modality ,
mode , modicum , mole , molecule , morass , morsel , mote , motley ,
mottle , mottledness , nail , navigate , nevus , nick , nip , notch ,
notice , nutshell , observe , odium , office , onus , ounce ,
output signal , parlous straits , particle , pass , patch , pebble , peg ,
pencil , pepper , perceive , pick out , pick up , pickle , picture ,
pillorying , pimple , pin down , pinch , pinpoint , pips , pittance ,
place , placement , plight , plug , point , point champain , pointillage ,
pointillism , polka dot , polychrome , polychromize , position , post ,
posture , potation , potion , powder , predicament , pretty pass ,
pretty pickle , pretty predicament , prick , print , pull , punch ,
punctuate , puncture , put in place , quagmire , quandary , quarter ,
quicksand , radar signal , rainbow , rank , reading , realize ,
recall knowledge of , receive , recognize , reflection , region ,
reidentify , reprimand , reproach , return , return signal , riddle ,
round , round of drinks , scan , scar , scarification , scarify , scene ,
score , scotch , scrape , scratch , scratching , scruple , seal , seam ,
section , sector , see , sense , setting , shot , sight , signal ,
signal display , single out , sip , site , situate , situation , situs ,
slapdash , slough , slubber , slug , slur , smear , smidgen , smidgin ,
smirch , smitch , smouch , smudge , smut , smutch , snifter , snort , soil ,
soilage , soilure , spangle , spatter , speck , speckle , speckliness ,
splash , splatter , splotch , spoonful , spot announcement , spotlight ,
spots , spottedness , spottiness , spray , sprinkle , spy , squeeze ,
stain , stamp , standing , state , station , status , stead , stew ,
sticky wicket , stigma , stigmatism , stigmatization , stigmatize ,
stipple , stippledness , stippling , strait , straits , strawberry mark ,
streak , striate , stripe , stud , suck , sully , sup , swamp , sweep ,
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