I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dotted line
dotted line (= line made up of a series of dots )
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Sign your name on the dotted line .
polka dot
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a white scarf with red polka dots
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
little
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Usually it was over something tiny: a little dot on his finger or an imaginary bug upon the floor.
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That means its print head can squirt 1, 440, 000 little dots of ink on each square inch of paper.
small
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Light areas have small dots and darker areas or shadows have larger dots.
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Very small dots are combined in various patterns to give combinations of these colours.
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On removing the paper from the board, an outline is produced as a series of small dots .
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I smile easily as they go as small as photographic dots .
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He had a strip of bandage tied around his head, a small dot of blood showing romantically above the right eye.
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Shows up as small white dots on areas of solid colour.
tiny
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The characters are formed from tiny dots of ink poked on to the paper.
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Earth and its satellites were dead ahead, a tiny shining dot almost indistinguishable from all the other shining dots.
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The male is usually a marigold-orange, whilst the female is usually a lively yellow overlaid with tiny orange dots .
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It was made up of tiny dots .
■ VERB
connect
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Still, something deep inside prevented me from connecting all the dots .
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The O. J. Simpson civil trial resumes Monday, and with it, the defense strategy of connect the dots .
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This is the city connected by dots .
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It will be up to jurors in the deliberation room to decide just how to connect the dots .
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So it would take more years of dogged detective work by a handful of investigators to connect the dots .
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No problem, she thought. Connect the dots .
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So basically Angela just connects the dots .
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Still others were in their small groups connecting the dots on a picture to show a boy riding on a tractor.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sign on the dotted line
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But how many of these companies forget about you once you've signed on the dotted line.
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However, before signing on the dotted line, you should think carefully about the risks and the costs.
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It all seemed easy - they sign on the dotted line and Balbinder would be virtually taken out of their hands.
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The lucky 10, 000 have signed on the dotted line.
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You may want another approach to get people to sign on the dotted line.
the year dot
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The two bungalows in question, though, had been standing from the year dot.
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Traditionally, scientists have been involved in war since the year dot.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His fabric prints include lots of roses, hearts, and dots.
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The plane was just a dot in the sky.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dot is placed in the appropriate column opposite each criterion and the dots are joined up by a line.
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Each dot is made of many tiny tubes - much too small to see without a microscope.
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So basically Angela just connects the dots.
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The children were dots on the sand, well ahead of him now, getting smaller all the time.
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The O. J. Simpson civil trial resumes Monday, and with it, the defense strategy of connect the dots.
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The reverse occurred on restoration of the dot key and depression of the dash key.
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This is the city connected by dots.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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Here and there in the grounds I could see people dotted about .
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I was dotting about behind the wicket.
around
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Some 200 restaurants and retail concessions will be dotted around the Expo site.
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Low couches and upholstered cushions were dotted around the floor.
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In reality it's just verglas with fist sized lumps of ice dotted around on the wall.
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Route finding in the forest is made easier if you follow a series of numbered posts dotted around .
■ NOUN
landscape
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Impermanence reigns in Atlanta, where white tents dot the landscape like so many mushrooms on the forest floor.
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In the distance, live oaks dotted the landscape , as shaggy and dark and hunched as buffalo.
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On the horizon, several dozen long greenhouses dot the landscape .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the year dot
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The two bungalows in question, though, had been standing from the year dot.
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Traditionally, scientists have been involved in war since the year dot.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dot the apples with butter cut into small pieces.
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Chalet-style homes dot the forested hillside.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Along the roadsides, spring wildflowers dot the shoulders like stars in sparse constellations.
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Computer screens displaying bulletin boards dot the college.
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From my door stretched blue-green fields dotted with trees and the colored saris of women going to work.
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It was dotted with old stone-built houses and cottages.
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Moose and bear prints dotted the sand bars and bald eagles glared down at us from river-side perches.
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The ganja farms increased in rapid frequency, with hastily erected tents dotting the hillsides.
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There was, however, the matter of the gold brooch dotted with gemstones.