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noun [countable] British English pronunciation: dot

/dɒt/

singular	dot
plural	dots

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1
a very small spot of ink or colour
The female fish is yellow, with tiny orange dots on the tail.
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2
something that looks very small because it is far away
We watched until the plane was just a dot in the sky.
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3
a short flash of light or sound used in morse code (=a system for sending messages, used especially in the past). A long flash or sound is called a dash.
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4
computing the way that you say the symbol . in an Internet or email address
The URL is www dot, google dot, com.
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on the dot
at exactly the time that you mention, especially when this is a time that you have arranged
He arrived at 8 o'clock on the dot.
on the dot of:
I was there on the dot of four, as agreed.
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since/from the year dot
since a very long time ago
We've known each other since the year dot.
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