Used in a Sentence

slots

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

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My pet solution to the problem is to prioritize quota slots by pay tiers, as a rough proxy for how rare the skills being sought really are.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.

noun

A period of time or position within a schedule or sequence.

noun

The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for slots.

noun

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.

noun

A period of time or position within a schedule or sequence.

noun

The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.

noun

A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.

Example sentences

1

My pet solution to the problem is to prioritize quota slots by pay tiers, as a rough proxy for how rare the skills being sought really are.

2

Or more generally allocate the 6 point slots in advance - how they're allocated doesn't really matter.

3

You could have an auction for the 6 point slots, with the proceeds being divided and distributed to the group.

4

Back to square one, with giant slabs of applicants and only a few slots.

5

That said, I have a few questions: 1) Any idea of how many slots are open for this round?

6

>My pet solution to the problem is to prioritize quota slots by pay tiers, as a rough proxy for how rare the skills being sought really are.

7

It frequently happens when they're denied tenure, which has nothing to do with misconduct (there are a lot of junior faculty competing for a small number of tenure slots).

8

Get together, auction the 6 point slots.

9

Do not operate with flexible time slots.

10

I recall setting obj.__class__ in Python (kind of the same thing – though without the notion of slots), but I can't recall why that was useful.

11

I've only worked with decompiling Java bytecode, so I don't know how the CLR works, but in Java, the compiler definitely reuses the local variable slots.

12

I work there and make some of the slots games.

Quote examples

1

But learning about this explained why "save slots" didn't work on any game (the pirated cartridges didn't have a persistent writable memory).

2

I only did "register allocation" for the remaining stack-allocated slots then.

3

"1% may not sound like a lot, but it's more than the typical casino edge in a game of blackjack or slots." The house edge for slots games is anywhere from 2% to 15%+ and is one of the worst bets you can make in the casino.

Proper noun examples

1

Slots machines only run for a couple of seconds, so there's no real profit made in that time frame.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use slots in a sentence?

My pet solution to the problem is to prioritize quota slots by pay tiers, as a rough proxy for how rare the skills being sought really are.

What does slots mean?

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.

What part of speech is slots?

slots is commonly used as noun.