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Definition of 'spot'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) spot
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as dirt.

2.  spot
something that mars one's character or reputation; flaw.

3.  spot
a small blemish, mole, or other circumscribed mark on the skin.

4.  spot
a small part of a surface differing from the rest in color, texture, or character:
a bald spot.

5.  spot
a place; locality:
the spot where the explorers landed.

6.  spot
Also called spot announcement. a brief radio or television message inserted between programs or segments of a program.

7.  spot
a position in a sequence or hierarchy:
an important spot in government.

8.  spot
one of various traditional, geometric drawings of a club, diamond, heart, or spade on a playing card for indicating suit and value.

9.  spot
any playing card from a two through a ten.

10.  spot
a pip, as on dice or dominoes.

11.  spot
Chiefly Brit. Informal. a small quantity:
a spot of tea.

12.  spot
a small croaker, Leiostomus xanthurus, of eastern U.S. shores.

13.  spot
an awkward or difficult position:
in a bit of a spot.

14. (v.t.) spot
to stain or mark with spots.

15.  spot
to sully; blemish.

16.  spot
to mark with spots.

17.  spot
to remove a spot from.

18.  spot
to locate or identify by seeing; notice or detect:
to spot an error; to spot a ship from afar.

19.  spot
to place or position on a particular place:
to spot a billiard ball.

20.  spot
to scatter; disperse:
to spot chairs here and there.

21.  spot
to determine precisely:
to spot enemy movements.

22.  spot
to correct (gunfire) for accuracy.

23.  spot
to grant an advantage to (an opponent).

24. (v.i.) spot
to make a spot; stain:
Ink spots badly.

25.  spot
to become spotted.

26.  spot
to act as a military spotter.

27. (adj.) spot
pertaining to the point of origin of a local broadcast.

28.  spot
broadcast between announced programs.

29.  spot
made, paid, or delivered at once:
a spot sale; spot goods.

30.  spot
without delay; at once; instantly.

31.  spot
at the very place in question.

32.  spot
in a difficult or embarrassing position.

33.  spot
in a position of being held responsible.

Etymology: (1150–1200; (n.) ME spotte, akin to MD, LG spot speck, ON spotti bit)

Definition of 'spot'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) topographic point, place, spot
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
"this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"

2. (noun) spot
a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising

3. (noun) point, spot
an outstanding characteristic
"his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

4. (noun) smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"

5. (noun) spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
a small contrasting part of something
"a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

6. (noun) spot
a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
"they changed his spot on the program"

7. (noun) spot
a business establishment for entertainment
"night spot"

8. (noun) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"

9. (noun) touch, spot
a slight attack of illness
"he has a touch of rheumatism"

10. (noun) spot, bit
a small piece or quantity of something
"a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind"

11. (noun) spot, pip
a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

12. (noun) spotlight, spot
a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer

13. (noun) spot
a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
"an eight-spot"

14. (verb) blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
"he made a huge blot on his copybook"

15. (verb) descry, spot, espy, spy
catch sight of

16. (verb) spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
detect with the senses
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

17. (verb) blemish, spot
mar or impair with a flaw
"her face was blemished"

18. (verb) spot, fleck, blob, blot
make a spot or mark onto
"The wine spotted the tablecloth"

19. (verb) spot
become spotted
"This dress spots quickly"

20. (verb) spot
mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
"spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

Definition of 'spot'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) spot
a particular area
a good spot for a picnic; A school now stands on the spot where our house was.; a parking spot

2.  spot
a dirty mark on cloth
grease spots on his shirt

3.  spot
a small area that looks or feels different from the area around it
spots on the salamander's back; a rough spot on my skin; a spot of color in her pale cheeks

4.  spot
circles that decorate sth
a dark blouse with white spots

5.  spot
on the spot
done where sth is happening now
He fixed the hole in the tire on the spot.

6.  spot
put sb on the spot
to embarrass by asking a difficult question
One reporter tried to put the president on the spot.

7. (verb) spot
to see sb or sth that is difficult to see
We spotted Ian in the crowd.; They spotted one of the lions from the air.

Definition of 'spot'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) spot
a mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored

2. (noun) spot
a stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish

3. (noun) spot
a small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card

4. (noun) spot
a small extent of space; a place; any particular place

5. (noun) spot
a variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak

6. (noun) spot
a sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife

7. (noun) spot
the southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish

8. (noun) spot
commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery

9. (verb) spot
to make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper

10. (verb) spot
to mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal

11. (verb) spot
to stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse

12. (verb) spot
to become stained with spots

Definition of 'spot'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. spot
1. To determine by observation, deviations of ordnance from the target for the purpose of supplying necessary information for the adjustment of fire. 2. To place in a proper location. 3. An approved shipboard helicopter landing site. See also ordnance.

Translation of 'spot'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small mark or stain (made by mud, paint etc) She was trying to remove a spot of grease from her skirt.
Afrikaans: vlek	Arabic: لَطْخَه	Bulgarian: петно
Brazilian: mancha	Czech: skvrna	German: der Fleck
Danish: plet	Greek: κηλίδα, λεκές	Spanish: mancha
Estonian: plekk	Farsi: لكه	Finnish: läiskä
French: tache	Hebrew: כֶּתֶם	Hindi: दाग
Croatian: mrlja	Hungarian: folt	Indonesian: bercak
Icelandic: blettur	Italian: macchia	Japanese: しみ
Korean: 얼룩	Lithuanian: dėmė	Latvian: traips
Malay: bintik	Dutch: vlek	Norwegian: flekk
Polish: plama	Portuguese: mancha	Romanian: pată
Russian: пятно; пятнышко	Slovak: škvrna, fľak	Slovenian: madež
Serbian: fleka	Swedish: fläck	Thai: จุด
Turkish: leke	Taiwanese: 污點	Ukrainian: пляма, цятка
Urdu: چھوٹا سا داغ، دھبہ	Vietnamese: vết nhơ, vết đen	Chinese: 污点
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