I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a slot machine (= for putting coins in in order to try and win more money )
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The casino has 500 slot machines.
expansion slot
mail slot
slot machine
slotted spoon
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
time
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The really interesting question is what will take its place in this vital prime time slot .
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Have you secretly been lusting after their time slot ?
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If this is a family show, give it a family time slot .
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The programs have appeared periodically, in no set time slot .
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Titles, stars, time slots , producers and who knows what else will change by the time September rolls around.
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Press downplayed the series' time slot , saying that other series have not done well when put between two highly-rated shows.
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Its weekly feature show, Inside Stuff, is a dunk-fest programmed into a youth-oriented time slot on Saturday morning.
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Time Division Multiple Access converts conversations into digital signals and assigns each one specific time slots .
■ VERB
fill
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But you need to fill all four slots before the Ram upgrade works. 5..
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Then the station you left hires some one to fill your vacant slot .
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As a result, there are usually a good many people to choose from when filling a senior management slot .
fit
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Even its tail is protected from attack, fitting neatly into a slot in its rump armour.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a parking slot
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I dropped a quarter in the slot and dialed the number.
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Ron's show has been moved from its 9 p.m. slot on WKDH.
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The disk goes into this slot here.
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The message was placed in every employee's mail slot .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About 180 of them competed for slots in five school bands this year.
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Gaming areas were half-empty, but gamblers made a beeline for the slots and tables at halftime.
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He found just the right person for his newly created slot of research associate.
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It is very important to have the greatest possible support around the expansion slot area.
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Next wind some tape through the slots and around the core to provide a base for the pickup windings.
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Please try again later when there is a free user slot available.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
in
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The Jaguar slotted in behind the green Renault.
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I slotted in well, but all that vending blunted my edges and did my head in.
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Stewart slotted in well in his first full game and Liverpool should have won by a much bigger margin.
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All of which slots in with what you've just been saying.
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Mark Hughes slotted in comfortably at centre-back, although he picked up a booking and went close to receiving a red card.
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But Severin slid in to block just as the Aussie was about to slot in from close range.
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The newcomers slotted in as though they had been part of the set-up for a while.
■ NOUN
place
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Get the groundwork right and, in theory, everything else should slot into place .
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One last idea was slotted into place in this 11 September broadcast.
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Then, he felt the world shift on its axis, and knew that a new reality had slotted into its place .
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The final pieces of the puzzle had now been slotted into place .
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Katie slotted a video into place and pressed the button.
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Try 2003 for the first wave of legislation and 2006 for the final pieces to slot into place .
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Some of these words may sound foreign, but will soon slot into place .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brownie albums were provided, with spaces ready prepared for slotting in a sequence of the snapshots.
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Children are slotted at national norms, above those norms, or else beneath them.
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He took one at random, went into the master bedroom and slotted it into the video.
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The final pieces of the puzzle had now been slotted into place.
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Then, he felt the world shift on its axis, and knew that a new reality had slotted into its place.
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These ready-to-use units can be slotted in wherever and whenever they fit.