What does DOT mean?

Definitions for DOT
dɒt, dɔtdot

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word DOT.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. point, dotnoun

    a very small circular shape

    "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"

  2. Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoTnoun

    the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

  3. dot, ditnoun

    the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

  4. acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zenverb

    street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

  5. dot, stud, constellateverb

    scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

    "Hills constellated with lights"

  6. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb

    distribute loosely

    "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

  7. dotverb

    make a dot or dots

  8. dotverb

    mark with a dot

    "dot your `i's"

Wiktionary

  1. Dotnoun

    diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

  2. Etymology: From dott.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DOTnoun

    A small point or spot made to mark any place in a writing.

    Etymology: This is derived by Stephen Skinner from dotter, German, the white of an egg, and interpreted by him a grume of pus. It has now no such signification, and seems rather corrupted from jot, a point.

  2. To Dotverb

    To make dots, or spots.

    Etymology: from the noun.

ChatGPT

  1. dot

    A dot is a small, round or circular mark or spot. In different contexts, it can also represent a punctuation symbol such as the "full stop" at the end of sentences, a mark used to separate sections of an email address or website URL, or a mathematical operation in vectors, among others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dotnoun

    a marriage portion; dowry

  2. Dotnoun

    a small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark

  3. Dotnoun

    anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child

  4. Dotverb

    to mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line

  5. Dotverb

    to mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages

  6. Dotverb

    to make dots or specks

  7. Etymology: [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See Dower, and cf. Dote dowry.]

Wikidata

  1. Dot

    When used as a diacritic mark, the term dot is usually reserved for the Interpunct, or to the glyphs 'combining dot above' and 'combining dot below' which may be combined with some letters of the extended Latin alphabets in use in Central European languages and Vietnamese.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dot

    dot, n. any small mark made with a pen or sharp point.—v.t. to mark with dots: to diversify with objects.—v.i. to form dots:—pr.p. dot′ting; pa.p. dot′ted.—Dot and carry, in addition, to set down the units and carry over the tens to the next column. [Prob. related to the Dut. dot, a little lump.]

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  1. DOT

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DOT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3745

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DOT' in Nouns Frequency: #2157

Anagrams for DOT »

  1. DTO

  2. ODT

  3. tod

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DOT in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DOT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of DOT in a Sentence

  1. Sandeep Aggarwal:

    Only myopics judge people, relationships, businesses with short term lens. Any startup or public company that survived the dot com bust and 9/11 came out bigger than anyone imagined. If India wants an ecosystem like USA or China, new age companies need nurturing & patience vs. criticism or outcast.

  2. Peter Wong:

    The residential sector has become very, very cautious and so, obviously, they're making sure that they dot their i's and cross their t's, and before it wasn't like that, i've got property on the market and I've had it on for over three months whereas previously, being a popular area, people would buy fairly quickly.

  3. Bucky Hellwig:

    The dot plot is consistently higher than where rates turned out to be, so the credibility hasn't been that good, but it gives insight was to what the members of the FOMC are thinking.

  4. Jean Shafiroff:

    [I] went in the bathroom and changed into this big polka dot confection. I think they all thought I was off to a costume party – or something crazy when I left that group.

  5. Bill McGee:

    Secretary Buttigieg has had ample opportunity to use his authority to address unfair and deceptive practices by airlines, and he has chosen instead not to use that authority. It's long past time for others to provide the consumer protections that the DOT will not.

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