dotted

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dotted

/ˈdɑtɪd/ US
/ˈdɒtɪd/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒtɪd

Where it comes from

From dot + -ed.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of dot

adjective more dotted · most dotted

of a line Made up of a series of dots. Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.
usually That contains dots. The dotted name java.util.Scanner is the fully qualified name of the Scanner class.
of notes and rests With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.
figuratively Covered with irregularly scattered objects. The woods filtered men and the fields became dotted.

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adj (of a line) made up of a series of dots

Español	punteado
Deutsch	gepunktet
Русский	пункти́рный punktírnyj, то́чечный tóčečnyj

adj (of music notes and rests) with a dot after

Ελληνικά	παρεστιγμένος parestigménos

adj (figurative) covered with irregularly scattered objects

Русский	усе́янный uséjannyj

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@misc{dotted_2026,
  title = {dotted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dotted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}