dot
A very small round mark.
A small, circular mark or spot made on a surface.
A period (.) used in website or email addresses.
A period used as a separator in internet addresses or file names.
To put small round marks on something.
To mark something with small, round spots.
To put small things or amounts over an area.
To scatter or place small amounts of something over a surface or area.
- Base: dot
- Plural: dots
- Base: dot
- 3rd Person Singular: dots
- Present Participle: dotting
- Past: dotted
- Irregular present participle: dotting Verb
- Irregular past: dotted Verb
dot com
1.com internet business domain
.com at the end of a website address; also, a company that works mainly on the internet.
- Amazon is a famous dot com.
- During the late 1990s, many dot coms grew quickly.
on the dot
1Exactly at an agreed time
Exactly at the planned or expected time.
- The meeting will start at 9 a.m. on the dot.
- She arrived at six on the dot.
connect the dots
1Link facts to understand something
To understand something by thinking about how different facts or ideas fit together.
- Investigators are trying to connect the dots between the suspect’s actions and the crime scene.
- Once you connect the dots, the problem becomes clear.
connect the dots
2Link ideas to understand something
To understand something by finding how facts or ideas are related.
- Detectives connected the dots and solved the case.
- It's easy to connect the dots once you have all the information.