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spot - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'spot' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Spot [ n.]
- A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
- A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
- A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.
- A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
- A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.
- The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
- Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
2 . Spot [ v. i.]
- To become stained with spots.
3 . Spot [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.

Meaning of 'spot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . spot [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a small contrasting part of something
Example in sentence:
  • a bald spot;
  • a fleck of red;
  • a leopard's spots;
  • a patch of clouds;
  • patches of thin ice
Meaning (2):
- a small piece or quantity of something
Example in sentence:
  • a bit of lint;
  • a bit of paper;
  • a spot of tea;
  • I gave him a bit of my mind
Meaning (3):
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
Example in sentence:
  • a bright spot on a planet;
  • this is a nice place for a picnic
Meaning (4):
- a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
Example in sentence:
  • an eight-spot
Meaning (5):
- a blemish made by dirt
Example in sentence:
  • he had a smudge on his cheek
Meaning (6):
- a slight attack of illness
Example in sentence:
  • he has a touch of rheumatism
Meaning (7):
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Example in sentence:
  • he made a huge blot on his copybook
Meaning (8):
- a job in an organization
Example in sentence:
  • he occupied a post in the treasury
Meaning (9):
- an outstanding characteristic
Example in sentence:
  • his acting was one of the high points of the movie
Meaning (10):
- a business establishment for entertainment
Example in sentence:
  • night spot
Meaning (11):
- a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
Example in sentence:
  • they changed his spot on the program
12 . spot [ v]
Meaning (12):
- mar or impair with a flaw
Example in sentence:
  • her face was blemished
Meaning (13):
- detect with the senses
Example in sentence:
  • I can't make out the faces in this photograph;
  • The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
Meaning (14):
- mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
Example in sentence:
  • spot the areas that one should clearly identify
Meaning (15):
- make a spot or mark onto
Example in sentence:
  • The wine spotted the tablecloth
Meaning (16):
- become spotted
Example in sentence:
  • This dress spots quickly