dotted; dotting
1
: to mark with a dot
2
: to intersperse with dots or objects scattered at random
boats dotting the lake
: to make a dot
dotter
noun
Examples of dot in a Sentence
Don't forget to dot the i.
Quaint cottages dot the countryside.
The fields were dotted with wildflowers.
Dot the cream all over your face.
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Spend time wandering the surrounding Mediterranean garden, which is dotted with walnut, carob, orange, and olive trees, before making the 40-minute coastal drive to Chania’s 14th-century Venetian harbor.
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Katie Silcox, Vogue, 28 May 2026
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum anchors Main Street, which is dotted with mom-and-pop restaurants and shops like Doubleday Cafe, Baseballism, and Tin Bin Alley, while the Fenimore Art Museum and Fenimore Farm & Country Village offer a deeper dive into the region’s culture.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
On its walls are commemorated more than 72,000 British soldiers still missing from the war cemeteries that dot the landscape of the Somme valley, 72,000 people whose bodies were never identified from the carnage.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Heading east on Old Highway 80, the desert landscape is dotted with dry shrubs and rolling hills covered in cacti and yucca trees.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
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Katie Silcox, Vogue, 28 May 2026
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum anchors Main Street, which is dotted with mom-and-pop restaurants and shops like Doubleday Cafe, Baseballism, and Tin Bin Alley, while the Fenimore Art Museum and Fenimore Farm & Country Village offer a deeper dive into the region’s culture.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2026
On its walls are commemorated more than 72,000 British soldiers still missing from the war cemeteries that dot the landscape of the Somme valley, 72,000 people whose bodies were never identified from the carnage.
—Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Heading east on Old Highway 80, the desert landscape is dotted with dry shrubs and rolling hills covered in cacti and yucca trees.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
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“Dot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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dot
1 of 2 noun1
: a small spot : speck
2
: a small round mark made with or as if with a pen: as
a
: a point after a note or rest in music indicating increase of the time value by one half
b
: a centered dot · used as a sign of multiplication
3
: an exact point in time or space
arrived at six on the dot
4
: a short click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in the Morse code)
dot
2 of 2 verb
dotted; dotting
1
: to mark with a dot
dot an "i"
2
: to cover with or as if with dots
green buds dotted the branches
dotter
noun
Medical Definition
dot
noun
: a small spot or speck see maurer's dots, schuffner's dots
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