Definition of spot

adjective (a)

• Lit., being on the spot, or place; (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• a point located with respect to surface features of some region (noun.location)

  Synonym: place, topographic point
  

  Example:
  A bright spot on a planet.
  

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• a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising (noun.communication)

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• an outstanding characteristic (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: point
  

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• a blemish made by dirt (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge
  

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• a small contrasting part of something (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle
  

  Example:
  A bald spot.
  A leopard's spots.
  

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• a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance (noun.communication)

  Example:
  They changed his spot on the program.
  

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• a business establishment for entertainment (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  Night spot.
  

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• a job in an organization (noun.act)

  Synonym: berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation
  

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• a slight attack of illness (noun.state)

  Synonym: touch
  

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• a small piece or quantity of something (noun.quantity)

  Synonym: bit
  

  Example:
  A spot of tea.
  

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• a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) (noun.communication)

  Synonym: pip
  

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• a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: spotlight
  

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• a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  An eight-spot.
  

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• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it (noun.act)

  Synonym: blot, smear, smirch, stain
  

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• A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• catch sight of (verb.perception)

  Synonym: descry, espy, spy
  

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• detect with the senses (verb.perception)

  Synonym: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, tell apart
  

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• mar or impair with a flaw (verb.contact)

  Synonym: blemish
  

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• make a spot or mark onto (verb.contact)

  Synonym: blob, blot, fleck
  

  Example:
  The wine spotted the tablecloth.
  

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• become spotted (verb.change)

  Example:
  This dress spots quickly.
  

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• mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition (verb.change)

  Example:
  Spot the areas that one should clearly identify.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To become stained with spots. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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