SPOT


Meaning of SPOT in English

I

n.

mark, stain

1) to leave, make a ~

2) to get out, remove a ~

3) a grease ~

mark on the skin

4) a beauty ~

area, place

5) a high; isolated, secluded; low ~

6) (soccer) the penalty ~

7) at a ~ (let's meet at this same ~ tomorrow)

place of entertainment

( colloq. )

8) to hit ('visit') all the night ~s

point, position

9) the high; low ~ (the high ~ of our visit)

misc.

10) on the ~ ('immediately'); ('at the center of activity'); ('exposed to the worst danger'); to put smb. on the ~ ('to expose smb. to danger'); a blind ~ ('an area that cannot be seen') (also fig .); to have a soft/tender/ warm ~ (in one's heart) for ('to have a weakness for'); to be in a tight ~ ('to be in a difficult situation'); a trouble ~ (that reporter has been in many trouble ~s throughout the world); ( BE ; colloq. ) a ~ of bother ('a bit of trouble')

II

v.

1) ( d ; tr. ) ('to identify') to ~ as (the police ~ted him as a known criminal)

2) ( J ) ('to see') we ~ted them going through the gate

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.