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See also:Spot,śpöt,andspöt

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishspot,spotte, partially fromMiddle Dutchspotte(“spot, speck”), and partially merging withMiddle Englishsplot, fromOld Englishsplott(“spot, plot of land”), fromProto-West Germanic*splott, fromProto-Germanic*spluttaz(“segment”), fromProto-Indo-European*splt-no-(“an off-split, segment”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)pel-(“to split”). Cognate withNorth Frisianspot(“speck, piece of ground”),Low Germanspot(“speck”),Old Norsespotti(“small piece”). See alsosplot,splotch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spot (pluralspots)

  1. Around orirregularpatch on thesurface of a thing having a differentcolor,texture etc. and generally round in shape.
    The leopard is noted for thespots of color in its fur.
    Why do ladybugs havespots?
  2. Astain ordisfiguringmark.
    I have tried everything, and I can’t get thisspot out.
  3. Apimple,papule orpustule.
    That morning, I saw that aspot had come up on my chin.
    I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered inspots.
  4. A symbol on aplaying card,domino,die, etc. indicating its value; apip.
  6. A small, unspecifiedamount orquantity.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:modicum
    Do come 'round on Sunday for aspot of tea, won't you?
  7. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
    Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a tenspot and two fivespots.
  8. Alocation orarea.
    I like to eat lunch in a pleasantspot outside.
    For our anniversary we went back to the samespot where we first met.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book III”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      Thatspot to which I point is Paradise.
    • 1800,William Wordsworth,Hart-leap Well:
      "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: thespot is curs'd."
    • 2011, Tom Fordyce,Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France‎[1]:
      Yachvilli made it 6-0 with a second sweet strike from 45 metres after Matt Stevens was penalised for collapsing a scrum, and then slid another penalty just wide from the samespot.
  9. Aparking space.
    • 2011 March 23, “We asked mayoral candidates: Do you support 'dibs' on parking spots?”, inChicago Sun-Times:
      Del Valle has the blessing of a garage, so he doesn't have to claim “dibs” on shoveled streetspots himself, he said.
  10. (sports) An official determination of placement.
    The fans were very unhappy with the referee'sspot of the ball.
  11. Abrightlamp; aspotlight.
  12. (US, advertising) Abriefadvertisement orprogramsegment ontelevision.
    Did you see thespot on the news about the shoelace factory?
  13. A difficult situation.
    Synonyms:predicament;see alsoThesaurus:difficult situation
    She was in a realspot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.
  14. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports orassists amaneuver, or is prepared toassist if safetydictates); aspotter.
  15. (soccer)Penalty spot.
    • 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, inBBC‎[2]:
      The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from thespot.
  16. The act of spotting or noticing something.
    You've misspelled "terrapin" here. —Whoops. Goodspot.
  17. A variety of the common domesticpigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
  18. Afood fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of theUnited States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
  19. Thesouthern redfish, orred horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
  20. (in theplural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
  21. (physics) Anautosoliton.
  22. (finance) Adecimal point;point.
    Twelvespot two five pounds sterling. ―£12.25
  23. Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, insnooker,pool,billiards, etc.
  24. Any of theballs marked with spots in the game ofpool, which one player aims topot, the other player taking thestripes.

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Derived terms

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Terms derived fromspot (noun)

Descendants

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Translations

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a round or irregular patch of a different color
stain
pimple, pustule
small amount
location or area
bright lamp; spotlight
a brief advertisement
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Verb

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spot (third-person singular simple presentspots,present participlespotting,simple past and past participlespotted)

  1. (transitive) Tosee,find; topick out,notice,locate,distinguish oridentify.
    Try tospot the differences between these two pictures.
    • 2020 July 1, Ruth Sutherland, Neil Peters, “Answering the call”, inRail, page47:
      The campaign aimed to give commuters the confidence to trust their own instincts and intervene if theyspot someone vulnerable who may be at risk of suicide, and to talk to them to interrupt their suicidal thoughts.
  2. (US, slang, ditransitive) Toloan a small amount ofmoney to someone.
    I’llspot you ten dollars for lunch.
    • 2018,Tayari Jones,An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page185:
      “It’s close to payday, but you’re welcome to what I have. Maybe Wickliffe canspot me a few.”
  3. (ambitransitive) Tostain; toleave a spot (on).
    Hard water willspot if it is left on a surface.
    a garmentspotted with mould
  4. (transitive) Tocover with spots, tospeckle.
    • 1865,Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, inSequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
      […] Amid lanes and through old woods, where lately the violets peep’d from the ground,spotting the gray debris,[…]
  5. (transitive) Toremove, orattempt to remove, a stain.
    Ispotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
  6. (transitive) Toretouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
  7. (transitive, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) Tosupport orassist amaneuver, or to be prepared toassist if safetydictates.
    I can’t do a back handspring unless somebodyspots me.
    • 1989 April 15, Angela Bowen, “Towards a National Lesbian Conference”, inGay Community News, page 2:
      There had not been time to build handrails, so lines of womenspotted the sides of the ramp.
  8. (transitive, dance) To keep the head and eyespointing in a single direction whileturning.
    Most figure skaters do notspot their turns like dancers do.
  9. (transitive) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
  10. (transitive) To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
  11. (transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.
    The referee had tospot the pink on the blue spot.
  12. (intransitive, snooker and billiards) Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.
    The black ball won'tspot – the green is in the way.
  13. (aviation, military, transitive) To position (anaircraft) on thedeck of anaircraft carrier ready forlaunch bycatapult.
    • 1959,Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3 & 2: Navy Training Courses, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page315:
      The aircraft isspotted on the catapult, and the console operator turns the crank to FIRST READY, causing the exhaust valve to close.
    • 1990, Mike Harvell,Airman, pages9–37:
      Thisspotting order varies from carrier to carrier to suit the flight-deck layout. Certain aircraft must bespotted in a specific location to permit servicing, loading of ammunition, starting, maintenance, and so forth.
  14. (rail transport, transitive) To position (alocomotive orcar) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.

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Translations

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see, pick out, notice or identify
loan money to somebody—see alsoloan,‎lend
stain; leave a spot
remove, or attempt to remove, a stain
sports: support or assist a maneuver
dance: keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning

Adjective

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spot (notcomparable)

  1. (commerce, finance) Availableon the spot; forimmediatepayment ordelivery.
    spot wheat
    spot cash
    aspot contract

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available on the spot

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the verbspotte(“to mock”). CompareOld Norsespottr,GermanSpott.

Noun

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spot c (singular definitespotten,not used in plural form)

  1. mockery,ridicule
    • 2013, Jan Guillou,Vejen til Jerusalem, Modtryk,→ISBN:
      Men at også den anden søn savnede alle mandlige dyder, var straks værre og gjordespotten større.
      But that the other son, too, lacked all male virtues, was much worse and enlarged themockery.
    • 2010, Tove Ditlevsen,Man gjorde et barn fortræd, Gyldendal A/S,→ISBN:
      Hun havde råd til at smile igen, så ligegyldig var deresspot hende.
      She could afford to smile back, that was how little she cared about theirridicule.
    • 2015, Jørgen Christensen,Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand,→ISBN, page 9:
      I artiklen skrev kulturredaktør Flemming Rose bl.a., at muslimer måtte acceptere, at deres religiøse følelser blev udsat for hån,spot og latterliggørelse[sic]:...
      In the article, editor of culture Flemming Rose wrote, among other things, that muslims had to accept their religious feelings being made the object of mockery,derision and ridicule:...
    • 2014, Fjodor M. Dostojevskij,Minder fra dødens hus, Bechs Forlag - Viatone,→ISBN:
      Først sporede man hos alle en heftig forbitrelse, derefter en dyb nedslåethed, og endelig syntes al sindsbevægelse at vige pladsen for hoverendespot.
      At first, one saw with everyone a hefty bitterness, then a deep sadness, and finally, all emotion seemed to recede, making way for gloatingmockery.
Declension
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Declension ofspot
common
gender		singular
indefinitedefinite
nominativespotspotten
genitivespotsspottens

Etymology 2

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FromEnglishspot.

Noun

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spot c orn (singular definitespottenorspottet,plural indefinitespotorspots)

  1. spotlight
    • 1982, Lene H. Bagger, Idioterne, p. 179
      I millisekundet hvor lyset satte spots på hendes uforberedte ansigt, røbede det hende
      In the short moment when the light turned the spotlight on her unprepared face, it revealed her
  2. spot(short advertisement in radio or TV)
    • 2012,Jyllands-Posten:
      Lego meddeler, at deres juleomsætning overgik alle forventninger på grund af spottene i TV 2
      LEGO informs that their Christmas sale surpassed all expectations due to the spots on TV 2
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Declension ofspot
either
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativespotspotten
spottet		spot
spots		spottene
(unofficial)spotsene
genitivespotsspottens
spottets		spots
spots'		spottenes
(unofficial)spotsenes

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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spot

  1. imperative ofspotte

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Dutchspot, fromOld Dutch*spot, fromProto-Germanic*spuþþaz.

Noun

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spot m (uncountable)

  1. mockery
    Synonyms:spotternij,plagerij,pesterij
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromEnglishspot.

Noun

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spot m (pluralspots,diminutivespotje n)

  1. spot; aspotlight
  2. spot; abriefsegment on television
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishspot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spot m (pluralspots)

  1. (physics)light spot
  2. blip(on radar)
  3. (cinematography, theater)spotlight,spot
  4. (surfing)area
  5. (television)spot; abriefsegment on television

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Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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FromEnglishspot.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈspɔt]
  • Hyphenation:spot

Noun

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spot

  1. (colloquial)spot, a location or area

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishspot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spot m (invariable)

  1. spot (theatrical light; luminous point; brief radio or TV advertisement)

Further reading

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  • spot in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutch*spot, fromProto-Germanic*sputtaz.

Noun

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spot m orn

  1. joke,jest
  2. mockery,derision

Inflection

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Old High German

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Etymology

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CompareDutchspot.Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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spot m

  1. mockery

Declension

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Declension ofspot (masculine a-stem)
casesingularplural
nominativespotspota
accusativespotspota
genitivespotesspoto
dativespotespotum
instrumentalspotu—

Descendants

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References

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  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishspot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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spot m inan

  1. (radio)spot(short, usually 30-second, piece of advertising material that is aired either in between or during broadcasts)
  2. (television)spot(short commercial shown in between or during TV broadcasts)

Declension

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Declension ofspot
singularplural
nominativespotspoty
genitivespotuspotów
dativespotowispotom
accusativespotspoty
instrumentalspotemspotami
locativespociespotach
vocativespociespoty

Further reading

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  • spot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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spot m (genitive singularspoit,pluralspotan)

  1. spot,stain
  2. spot,place

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishspot. First attested in the 20th century.[1]

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Noun

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spot m inan (relational adjectivespotový)

  1. (radio)spot(short, piece of advertising material that is aired either in between or during broadcasts)
  2. (television)spot(short commercial shown in between or during TV broadcasts)

Declension

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Declension ofspot (patterndub)
singularplural
nominativespotspoty
genitivespotuspotov
dativespotuspotom
accusativespotspoty
locativespotespotoch
instrumentalspotomspotmi

References

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  1. ^Králik, Ľubor (2016) “spot”, inStručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV,→ISBN, page550

Further reading

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  • “spot”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishspot.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈpot/[esˈpot̪]
  • Rhymes:-ot
  • Syllabification:spot

Noun

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spot m (pluralspots)

  1. advert,ad

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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FromEnglishsport.

Noun

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spot

  1. sport

Volapük

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Noun

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spot (nominative pluralspots)

  1. sport

Declension

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Declension ofspot
singularplural
nominativespotspots
genitivespotaspotas
dativespotespotes
accusativespotispotis
vocative1ospot!ospots!
predicative2spotuspotus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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