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dot

verb
 
 
/dɒt/ US  /dɑːt/ (-tt-)

Definition

[T] to put a dot or dots on something: Your handwriting is difficult to read because you don't dot your i's.Writing and typing [T often passive] to be spread across an area, or to spread many similar things across an area: We have offices dotted about/all over the region. The countryside is dotted with beautiful churches.Spreading and scattering
(Definition of dot verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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