dot
part of speech
noun (dot, dots); verb (dot, dots, dotted — to mark with dots or to spread here and there)
meaning for a pupil
1) A dot is a very small round mark. tree →
2) A dot is the point in a web or email address, said «dot». tree →
3) Dotted means with many small marks, or with things scattered here and there. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Ezekiel "doted" means loved too much and foolishly. It is used as a picture of Oholah and Oholibah, who stand for Samaria and Jerusalem, running after foreign nations. In Sefer Yetzirah dots were also a way of writing numbers. Interpretation: Tradition reads these verses as a picture of Israel being unfaithful to God, like a wife who loves other lovers. In the primary lessons: maths: marks counted on dice, dominoes, cards or arrays; dots in rows (rows × dots in each = total); dot-to-dot pictures; a dot can be a decimal point; English: the dot on the i and j; everyday life: polka dots, web addresses; phrases: «on the dot» means exactly on time
examples
- were also symbolized by ten dots (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- The figure 1 originated apparently from a circle and a stroke, and a dot indicated a zero. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. (Prophets EZK.23.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors, (Prophets EZK.23.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. (Prophets EZK.23.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- A die shows 5 dots. tree →
- Draw 4 rows of 3 dots. tree →
- How many dots are on the domino? tree →
- Join the dots in order. tree →
- Don't forget the dot on the i. tree →
- She has a dress with white dots. tree →
- Be there at 3 o'clock on the dot. tree →
- Houses are dotted along the hill. tree →
- Then the child was to take the apple and be led into a room where the twenty men with the black dots were sitting in a ring. tree →
note
Thing counted; rows × dots per row give the total. Trap: a dot can also be a decimal point in numbers like 2.5.
In the corpora
- A pixel is one tiny dot of a digital picture.
- In March a garden pond can fill with clumps of jelly dotted with black eggs: common frog spawn.
- Even one pencil dot holds more atoms than the number of people who have ever lived.
- Sound buttons are dots under the letters, one for each sound; a letter team such as sh gets one button.
- An ellipsis is exactly three dots; it shows suspense, a trailing-off voice, or missing words.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.