Meaning

16 senses
  1. (transitive)To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

    Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.

    entdecken

    заме́титьzamétitʹ, уви́детьuvídetʹ, обнаружитьobnaružitʹ

  2. (US, ditransitive, slang)To loan a small amount of money to someone.

    I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.

    взять в долгvzjatʹ v dolg

  3. (ambitransitive)To stain; to leave a spot (on).

    Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.

    a garment spotted with mould

    beflecken

    оста́вить пятно́ostávitʹ pjatnó, пачкатьpačkatʹ, запачкатьzapačkatʹ

    make a spot or mark onto

  4. (transitive)To cover with spots, to speckle.

  5. To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.

  6. (dialectal)To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.

  7. (transitive)To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.

    I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.

    выводитьvyvoditʹ

  8. (transitive)To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.

  9. (transitive)To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.

    I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.

    подстрахо́выватьpodstraxóvyvatʹ, подстрахова́тьpodstraxovátʹ

  10. (transitive)To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.

    Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.

  11. (transitive)To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.

  12. (transitive)To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.

Examples

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

    Том відчуває слабкість до Мері. — deniko

  2. Tom knows all the cool spots in town.

    Том знає всі круті місця у місті. — oromashka

    ruТом знает все крутые местечки в городе. — Wezel

  3. 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

  4. Go to your spot.

    Йди на своє місце. — deniko

    ruИди на свое место. — sharptoothed

  5. I was spot on.

    Я попав у точку. — deniko

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
see, pick out, notice or identify:
loan money to somebody:
stain; leave a spot:
remove, or attempt to remove, a stain:
sports: support or assist a maneuver:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
see, pick out, notice or identify:
stain; leave a spot:

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

spots, spotting, spotted, spotted
Base formspot · to spot
3rd person singularspots
Present participlespotting
Past simplespotted
Past participlespotted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspot
he, she, itspots

Past simpleLesson

all personsspotted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spotted
he, she, ithas spotted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spot

Synonyms

121 synonyms

Word family

7 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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