Meaning and usage of the word dot in English

Meaning and usage of the word dot in English

Meaning of vocabulary dot

dotnoun
chấm nhỏ, điểm, của hồi môn
/dɒt/

Origin of the word dot

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

Vocabulary summary dot

type noun

meaning dowry

example dotted line

example dotted quaver: (music) hook dot

type noun

meaning dot

example dotted line

example dotted quaver: (music) hook dot

meaning (linguistics) full stop (on the letters i, j...); punctuation mark

example to dot all over

example sea dotred with ships: the sea surface is dotted with ships

meaning (music) dot

example to dot someone one in the eye

Example of vocabulary dotnamespace

a small round mark, especially one that is printed

There are dots above the letters i and j.
Text and graphics are printed at 300 dots per inch.
The helicopters appeared as two black dots on the horizon.
The island is a small green dot on the map.

a symbol like a full stop used to separate parts of a domain name, a URL or an email address

the shorter of the two signals that are used in Morse code

Telegrams were sent using the complex dots and dashes of Morse code.

a small round mark that appears after a musical note to show that it should last for an extra half of its usual length, or above a musical note to show that it should be played staccato