hotspotnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhɒt.spɒt/us/ˈhɑːt.spɑːt/hotspot noun [ C ] (FIGHTING)
a place where war or other fighting is likely to happen:
The border has become a major hotspot.
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- action stations
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fray
- gunfight
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- pick on sb
- shoot
- slug
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hotspot noun [ C ] (POPULAR PLACE)
informal a popular and exciting place:
The Manhattan is one of the best hotspots in town.
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Pleasant and make-believe places
- fairyland
- lotus land
- never-never land
- oasis
- paradise
- street
- suntrap
- the streets are paved with gold idiom
- treasure trove
- wonderland
hotspot noun [ C ] (INTERNET ACCESS)
a public place where you can use a computer, mobile phone, etc. with wi-fi (= a system for connecting electronic equipment to the internet without using wires):
There are wi-fi hotspots in all our cafés.
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- blogosphere
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- electronic
- enter
- gigabyte
- multimedia
- reboot
- template
- virtual
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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