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dot
verb /dɒt/
/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
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