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dot

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate Oxford US //ˈdɑt// UK //dˈɒt// dot Archaic General-service Informal Slang

n. a small round mark or point. You use this word for the tiny circle in an email address or the mark at the end of a sentence.

n. a small, circular mark or point. In digital and linguistic contexts, it functions as a separator in web addresses or a terminal punctuation mark.


SIMPLE

The website address ends with dot com.

CONTEXTUAL

Make sure you include every dot and dash when you type the complex password into the login screen.

COMPLEX

The artist spent hundreds of hours applying each individual dot of paint to the canvas to create a shimmering effect known as pointillism.

Synonyms
Usage

Commonly used in spoken English to represent the period character in URLs and email addresses.

Pitfall

my email is name point provider commy email is name dot provider dot comIn the context of internet addresses and software versions, the period character is always read aloud as 'dot'.

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