Used in a Sentence

dots

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dots.

Editorial note

You are the leader of five unique dots, and your goal is to lead the dots to victory by matching the big ring's color with the dots.

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dots gathered in one view.

noun

A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.

noun

Alternative form of dotty (“shotgun”). [(MLE) A shotgun.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dots.

noun

A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.

noun

Alternative form of dotty (“shotgun”). [(MLE) A shotgun.]

Example sentences

1

You are the leader of five unique dots, and your goal is to lead the dots to victory by matching the big ring's color with the dots.

2

It looks beautiful, but could anyone give me a plain word explanation how does lambda calculus relate to moving dots?

3

Could it be an even tight mix of blue and yellow dots making it look green?

4

Whatever is mass market will be easy for them to mentally visualize and connect dots.

5

My language (spanish) has also accents (tildes) and tildes (virgulilla) and two dots (diéreses).

6

That being said, in this case these three dots have been joined up multiple times already, so there really is nothing new here.

7

We probably will need IPv10 to connect all the dots in the sky!

8

My favorite part of QtCreator is that I don't have to type that awkward arrow ->, it will convert my dots.

9

Oddly enough dominoes somehow lodged themselves in my mind though, I still picture the number ten as two sets of five dots arranged.

10

I'm surprised by the prevalence of the green dots, particularly in San Jose.

11

Also, the front sight post and two rear sight posts have colored (white or glow-in-the-dark) dots that form a 3-dot line that is parallel to the ground when aligned.

12

I like the dots as I am neatness challenged when writing.

Quote examples

1

A child-like connect-the-dots with flowers and pink and "girly typography".

2

While my particular strength is "connecting the dots" across various disciplines, I am always happy to get my hands dirty to get projects delivered.

3

Parenthetically, the "dots" mentioned were a later diacritical feature added to Qur'anic texts to mark the placement of short vowels; since Arabic, like Hebrew, elides short vowel sounds in the written text, Muslims without Arabic fluency need markers to show them how to verbalize the Qur'an.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dots in a sentence?

You are the leader of five unique dots, and your goal is to lead the dots to victory by matching the big ring's color with the dots.

What does dots mean?

A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.

What part of speech is dots?

dots is commonly used as noun.