spot
To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identifyTo see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
» Tom has a soft spot for Mary.
Том відчуває слабкість до Мері.
Meaning
16 senses(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
(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
(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
(transitive)To cover with spots, to speckle.
To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
(dialectal)To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
(transitive)To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
выводитьvyvoditʹ
(transitive)To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
(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
(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.
(transitive)To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
(transitive)To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
Examples
1058 sentencesTom has a soft spot for Mary.
Том відчуває слабкість до Мері. — deniko
Tom knows all the cool spots in town.
Том знає всі круті місця у місті. — oromashka
ruТом знает все крутые местечки в городе. — Wezel
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
Go to your spot.
Йди на своє місце. — deniko
ruИди на свое место. — sharptoothed
I was spot on.
Я попав у точку. — deniko
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), andFrom 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, spottedSynonyms
121 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- on the spot
- a good spot
- tight spot
- good spot