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say it: spaht
spot is a noun and verb meaning "a point located with respect to surface features of some region". It is pronounced /ˈspɑt/ — spaht. It carries 20 recorded senses.
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”
a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
an outstanding characteristic
“his acting was one of the high points of the movie”
a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
“they changed his spot on the program”
a business establishment for entertainment
“night spot”
a job in an organization
“he occupied a post in the treasury”
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”
a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
“an eight-spot”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spot come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.