dot

Multiple Entries:
  dot    DoT  

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dot1

▶noun a small round mark or spot.

■ Music a dot used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato.

■ the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code.

▶verb (dots, dotting, dotted)

• 1 mark with a dot or dots.

• 2 scatter or be scattered over (an area).

• 3 Brit. informal hit (someone).

– phrases
dot the i's and cross the t's informal ensure that all details are correct.
on the dot informal exactly on time.
the year dot Brit. informal a very long time ago.

– derivatives
dotter noun.

– origin OE dott ‘head of a boil’; perh. influenced by Du. dot ‘a knot’.

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dot2

▶noun archaic a dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband.

– origin from Fr., from L. dos, dot- (see dower).

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DoT

▶abbreviation

• 1 (in Canada and formerly in the UK) Department of Transport.

• 2 (in the US) Department of Transportation.