Meaning

13 senses
  1. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.

  2. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.

    A part of a forest fire which is burning actively.

  3. The surface manifestation of a plume of molten material that rises from deep in a celestial body's mantle.

    Hotspot

    горя́чая то́чкаgorjáčaja tóčka

  4. An area of high radioactive contamination.

  5. Synonym of heiligenschein (“an optical phenomenon which creates a bright spot around the shadow of the viewer's head, when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics”).

  6. An infected lesion in dogs or other furry mammals caused by excessive itching.

  7. (figuratively)A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.

  8. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.

    (figuratively)A dangerous place of violent political unrest.

    горя́чая то́чкаgorjáčaja tóčka

    a place of political unrest and potential violence

  9. (figuratively)A lively and entertaining place, such as a nightclub.

  10. (figuratively)A part of an application that consumes a significant amount of execution time.

  11. (figuratively)A part of a control (“an interactive interface element”) that responds dynamically as a user moves a pointer over it (for example, a part of an image map that contains a hyperlink which can be clicked on with a cursor).

  12. (Internet, figuratively)A location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available.

    Hotspot

    хотспотxotspot, точка доступаtočka dostupa

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom knows all the hot spots in town.

    ruТом знает все злачные места в городе. — marafon

  2. Is this one of the local hot spots?

    deIst das hier einer der beliebten örtlichen Treffpunkte? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. It's not exactly a hot spot, it's more of a dive bar.

    deEs ist nicht gerade ein Szenelokal, eher eine Spelunke. — al_ex_an_der

  4. Algeria should become China's main investment hot spot in the Mediterranean region.

  5. El Salvador, one of the world’s homicide hot spots, reported something highly unusual early in the coronavirus pandemic — four murder-free days.

    deEl Salvador, eines der Länder der Welt, wo es in Sachen Mord heiß hergeht, hat zu Beginn der Coronaviruspandemie etwas höchst Ungewöhnliches gemeldet: vier Tage ohne einen Mordfall! — Waldelfe

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle:
location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
surface manifestation of a plume that rises from deep in a celestial body’s mantle:

Origin

From hot + spot.

From hot + spot.

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Forms

plural: hot spots

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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