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dotted en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɒtɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɑtɪd/ (General-American)
  • dŏtʹĭd (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From dot + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (of a line) Made up of a series of dots.
    • Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.
  2. (usually) That contains dots.
    • The dotted name java.util.Scanner is the fully qualified name of the Scanner class. 2012, Barry A. Burd, Michael Burton, Donn Felker, Java and Android Application Development For Dummies eBook Set:
  3. (of notes and rests) With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.
  4. (figuratively) Covered with irregularly scattered objects.
    • The woods filtered men and the fields became dotted. 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter XI, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 107:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more dotted Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dotted Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

dotted Swiss · dottedness · dotted decimal · soft-dotted · dotted note · dotted quad · dotted gizzard shad · dotted line · polka-dotted · undotted · double-dotted · dotted bar line · sign on the dotted line

Relateds

dash-dotted · dashed

Translations (8)

es punteado ((of a line) made up of a series of dots) · mi iraira ((of a line) made up of a series of dots) · ru то́чечный ((of a line) made up of a series of dots) · de gepunktet ((of a line) made up of a series of dots) · el παρεστιγμένος ((of music notes and rests) with a dot after) · ru пункти́рный ((of a line) made up of a series of dots) · pl kropkowany ((of a line) made up of a series of dots) · ru усе́янный ((figurative) covered with irregularly scattered objects)

dotted en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɒtɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɑtɪd/ (General-American)
  • dŏtʹĭd (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From dot + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of dot
    form of dot