spot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A particular place or area.

   This is a lovely spot for a picnic.

2. 2
   noun

   A small round mark or area of a different color.

   The dog is white with brown spots.

3. 3
   verb

   To notice or see something, especially suddenly.

   I spotted my friend in the crowd at the station.

4. 4
   noun

   A small amount of something.

   Would you like a spot of tea?

Common collocations

• spot a difference Verb + noun

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.

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