Meaning & use
dot
A small round mark or spot, especially one used as a punctuation point or decoration.
See it in a sentence
She placed a dot above the letter i to finish writing her name.
The map showed a red dot marking the exact location of the campsite.
A note on using this word
The phrase dot the i's and cross the t's means to attend carefully to small details.
Words with a similar meaning
pointspeck
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To mark with a small spot, or to scatter things here and there over an area.
Wildflowers dotted the hillside after the spring rains finally arrived.
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