1. A point located with respect to surface features of some region
   "a bright spot on a planet"
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1. Catch sight of
   - descry, espy, spy 
2. Detect with the senses
   - recognize, recognise [Brit], distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart 
3. Mar or impair with a flaw
   - blemish 
4. Make a spot or mark onto
   "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
   - fleck, blob, blot 
5. Become spotted
   "This dress spots quickly" 
6. Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
   "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

Derived forms: spotted, spots, spotting

See also: spotter, spotting

Type of: attack, begrime, bemire [archaic], blemish, business, business establishment, change, change surface, characteristic, colly [archaic], defect, dirty, error, fault, grime, job, lamp, line, line of work, mar, mark, marker, marking, mistake, occupation, place of business, playing card, point, section, sight, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, soil, spy, subdivision

Part of: playing card, theater light [US], theatre light

Encyclopedia: Spot

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