dot

Definitions


[dɒt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small round mark or spot
(e.g: a symbol depicted in coloured dots)


Phrases:
- day dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's
- on the dot
- year dot

Origin:
Old English dott ‘head of a boil’. The word is recorded only once in Old English, then not until the late 16th century, when it is found in the sense ‘a small lump or clot’, perhaps influenced by Dutch dot ‘a knot’. The sense ‘small mark or spot’ dates from the mid 17th century


[dɒt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- mark with a small spot or spots
(e.g: wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt)

- hit (someone)
(e.g: ‘You want to dot him one,’ he said)


Phrases:
- day dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's
- on the dot
- year dot

Origin:
Old English dott ‘head of a boil’. The word is recorded only once in Old English, then not until the late 16th century, when it is found in the sense ‘a small lump or clot’, perhaps influenced by Dutch dot ‘a knot’. The sense ‘small mark or spot’ dates from the mid 17th century


[dɒt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband


Phrases:

Origin:
from French, from Latin dos, dot- ‘dowry’ (see dower)


[], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- directly observed therapy, a method of supervising patients to ensure that they take medication as directed

- (in the US) Department of Transportation

- (formerly in Canada and the UK) Department of Transport


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