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spot


Definition: Meaning of, spot in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / spɒt /

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Singular Plural
spot spots
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  1. place a particular place or area, especially a pleasant place where you spend time
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  2. area a usually round area on a surface that is a different colour or is rougher, smoother etc than the rest [=  patch]
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  3. mark a small mark on something, especially one that is made by a liquid
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  4. on skin a small round red area on someone's skin that shows that they are ill
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  5. on skin British English a small raised red mark on someone's skin, especially on their face [=  pimple]
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  6. on the spot if you do something on the spot, you do it immediately, often without thinking about it very carefully [↪  on-the-spot]
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  7. on the spot if you are on the spot, you are in the place where something is happening
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  8. on the spot British English if you walk, run, or jump on the spot, you do it staying in the same place, without moving around [=  in place American English]
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  9. put somebody on the spot to deliberately ask someone a question that is difficult or embarrassing to answer
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  10. tv/radio a short period of time when someone can speak or perform on radio or television
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  11. position a position in a list of things or in a competition
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  12. weak spot a point at which someone or something is not very good
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  13. weak spot American English if someone has a weak spot for something, they like it very much
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  14. tight spot informal a difficult situation
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  15. bright spot something that is good in a bad situation
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  16. a spot of something British English informal a small amount of something
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  17. spots of rain British English a few drops of rain
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  18. five-spot/ten-spot etc American English spoken a piece of paper money worth five dollars, ten dollars etc
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
spot spotted spotted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
spotting spots
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  1. to notice someone or something, especially when they are difficult to see or recognize
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  2. be spotted with something to have small round marks or small pieces of something on the surface
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  3. American English to give the other player in a game an advantage
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  1. for buying or paying immediately, not at some future time
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spot used in phrases

  • G-spot (noun)
    1. the place in a woman's VAGINA where she is thought to feel the most sexual pleasure
  • beauty spot (noun)
    1. a place in the countryside which is famous because it is very pretty
    2. a small dark mark on a woman's face - used when you think it is attractive [=  beauty mark American English]
  • black spot (noun)
    1. any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant
    2. British English a place notorious for some problem
  • blind spot (noun)
    1. something that you are unable or unwilling to understand
    2. the part of the road that you cannot see when you are driving a car
  • cleanup spot (noun)
    1. usually filled by the best batter on the team baseball the fourth position in the batting order
  • eight-spot (noun)
    1. one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
  • five-spot (noun)
    1. a piece of paper money worth five dollars
  • four-spot (noun)
    1. a playing card, domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
  • halo spot (noun)
    1. a blight of bean plants
  • high spot (noun)
    1. the most interesting or memorable part
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