Meaning of “dot” in the English Dictionary

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dotnoun

uk ​ /dɒt/ us ​ /dɑːt/

B2 [ C ] a very small round mark:

The full stop at the end of this sentence is a dot.
Her skirt was blue with white dots.

B1 [ U ] the spoken form of a full stop in an internet or email address, or some computer files:

"What's the web address?" "www dot cambridge dot org".

› [ C ] old-fashioned the short sounds or short flashes of light used with dashes when sending messages in Morse (code)

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on the dot
the year dot

dotverb

uk ​ /dɒt/ us ​ /dɑːt/ -tt-

› [ T ] to put a dot or dots on something:

Your handwriting is hard to read because you don't dot your i's.

› [ T often passive ] to be spread across an area, or to spread many similar things across an area:

We have offices dotted around/all over the region.
The area is dotted with beautiful churches.

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Idiom(s)

dot the i's and cross the t's

(Definition of “dot” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"dot" in American English

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dotnoun [ C ]

us ​ /dɑt/

› a very small, round mark:

The ducks were black dots in the distance.

› Dot symbol . is also used in an Internet address to separate its parts:

Go to w w w dot cambridge dot org.

dotverb [ T ]

us ​ /dɑt/ -tt-

› When an area is dotted with things, it has many of them in different places:

Minnesota is dotted with lakes, especially in the north.

Idiom(s)

dot the i’s and cross the t’s

(Definition of “dot” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

"dot" in Business English

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dotnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /dɒt/ us ​

› INTERNET a very small round mark that is used in an internet address or email address to separate its parts:

Dot gov sites are reserved for governmental offices.
on the dot

› exactly at the stated or expected time

connect/join the dots

› to understand the relationship between different ideas, facts, or experiences:

My experiment has revealed how we fail to connect the dots between the way we live today and the needs of tomorrow.

(Definition of “dot” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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