Meaning

24 senses
  1. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

    The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.

    Why do ladybugs have spots?

    Fleck, Punkt

    пятно́pjatnó

    плямаpljama

  2. A stain or disfiguring mark.

    I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.

    Fleck

    пятно́pjatnó

    плямаpljama

  3. A pimple, papule or pustule.

    That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.

    I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.

    Pickel, Pustel

    пры́щикprýščik

  4. A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.

    a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value

  5. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.

    Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?

    Bisschen

    a small piece or quantity of something

  6. (US, slang)A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.

    Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.

  7. A location or area.

    I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.

    For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.

    Stelle, Ort

    ме́стоmésto

    місцеmisce

  8. A parking space.

  9. An official determination of placement.

    The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.

  10. A bright lamp; a spotlight.

    проже́кторprožéktor, подсве́ткаpodsvétka

  11. (US)A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

    Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?

    Werbespot

  12. A difficult situation.

    She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.

Examples

1058 sentences
  1. Tom has a soft spot for Mary.

    Том відчуває слабкість до Мері.

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  2. Tom knows all the cool spots in town.

    Том знає всі круті місця у місті.

    ruТом знает все крутые местечки в городе.

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  3. This looks like a good spot to set up camp.

    Це схоже на добре місце для табору.

    deDas hier sieht nach einem schönen Platz für ein Lager aus.

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  4. Go to your spot.

    Йди на своє місце.

    ruИди на свое место.

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  5. I was spot on.

    Я попав у точку.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a round or irregular patch of a different color:
location or area:
Русский
By meaning 4
a round or irregular patch of a different color:
pimple, pustule:
location or area:
bright lamp; spotlight:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
a round or irregular patch of a different color:
pimple, pustule:
small amount:
location or area:
a brief advertisement:

Origin

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”).

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Forms

plural: spots
Singularspot
Pluralspots

regular

Synonyms

127 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

133 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • on the spot
  • a good spot
  • tight spot
  • good spot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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