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spot   (TTS Sound)

The noun spot has 14 senses

• topographic point, place, spot -- (a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet")


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


• point, spot -- (an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie")


• smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur -- (a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek")


• spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation -- (a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red")


• spot -- (a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program")


• spot -- (a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot")


• position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation -- (a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury")


• touch, spot -- (a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism")


• spot, bit -- (a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind")


• spot, pip -- (a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit))


• spotlight, spot -- (a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer)


• spot -- (a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot")


• blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain -- (an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook")

The verb spot has 6 senses

• descry, spot, espy, spy -- (catch sight of)


• spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart -- (detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph")


• blemish, spot -- (mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished")


• spot, fleck, blob, blot -- (make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth")


• spot -- (become spotted; "This dress spots quickly")


• spot -- (mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify")