spot
noun
[ spɒt ]
• a small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it.
• "ladybirds have black spots on their red wing covers"
Similar:
mark,
patch,
pop,
dot,
speck,
speckle,
fleck,
smudge,
smear,
stain,
blotch,
blot,
splash,
daub,
petechia,
splotch,
splosh,
splodge,
macule,
macula,
• a particular place or point.
• "a nice secluded spot"
Similar:
place,
location,
site,
position,
point,
situation,
scene,
setting,
locale,
locality,
area,
neighbourhood,
region,
venue,
locus,
• a small amount of something.
• "a spot of rain"
Similar:
bit,
little,
some,
small amount,
morsel,
modicum,
bite,
drop,
splash,
smidgen,
smidge,
tad,
scoosh,
• denoting a system of trading in which commodities or currencies are delivered and paid for immediately after a sale.
• "trading in the spot markets"
• short for spotlight.
• a board for working plaster before application.
• a banknote of a specified value.
• "a ten-spot"
• a bar or other drinking establishment (usually in a private home in a township) that operates without an official permit.
• "her father was at the spot with his friends"
spot
verb
• see, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for.
• "Andrew spotted the advert in the paper"
Similar:
notice,
see,
observe,
discern,
detect,
perceive,
make out,
pick out,
distinguish,
recognize,
identify,
locate,
catch sight of,
glimpse,
sight,
mark,
remark,
clock,
descry,
espy,
• mark or become marked with spots.
• "the velvet was spotted with stains"
Similar:
stain,
mark,
fleck,
speckle,
blotch,
mottle,
smudge,
streak,
splash,
spatter,
bespatter,
dirty,
soil,
splotch,
splosh,
splodge,
besmirch,
smirch,
• rain slightly.
• "it was still spotting with rain"
• place (a ball) on its designated starting point on a billiard table.
• give or lend (money) to (someone).
• "I'll spot you $300"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from Middle Dutch spotte . The sense ‘notice, recognize’ arose from the early 19th century slang use ‘note as a suspect or criminal’.
