A1adjective · frequent

spot

Available on the spotAvailable on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.

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UK/spɒt/US/spɑt/

» Tom has a soft spot for Mary.

Том відчуває слабкість до Мері.

Meaning

2 senses

(not comparable)Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
spot wheat
spot cash
(informal, not comparable)Exact; precise.
The other bus meets yours at the intersection within one minute; it's a spot connection, and you might not make it.

Examples

1058 sentences

Tom has a soft spot for Mary.
Том відчуває слабкість до Мері. — deniko
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Tom knows all the cool spots in town.
Том знає всі круті місця у місті. — oromashka
ruТом знает все крутые местечки в городе. — Wezel
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This looks like a good spot to set up camp.
Це схоже на добре місце для табору. — deniko
deDas hier sieht nach einem schönen Platz für ein Lager aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Go to your spot.
Йди на своє місце. — deniko
ruИди на свое место. — sharptoothed
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I was spot on.
Я попав у точку. — deniko
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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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Word family

1 related words

Relatedspit-spot

Collocations

4 patterns

on the spot
a good spot
tight spot
good spot