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# dotted

«dotted» in Mova's school dictionary: **marked with small dots or made of dots, like a dotted line** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (dotted); verb (dot, dots, dotted, dotting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dotted means marked with small dots or made of dots, like a dotted line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#m1)

2) Dotted with means having small things spread here and there, as in a field dotted with sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#m2)

3) (music) A dotted note lasts half as long again as the plain note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#m3)

4) Sign on the dotted line means agree to and sign an official paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school: «cut along the dotted line», «trace the dotted letters», dotted lines in maths for lines of symmetry or hidden edges, and graphs. In stories it paints a scene with things spread out. Phrases: dotted line, dotted with, dotted around, sign on the dotted line.

### examples

- Cut along the dotted line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x1)
- Trace the dotted letters to practise writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x2)
- The hillside was dotted with sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x3)
- Draw a dotted line to show the line of symmetry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x4)
- Islands are dotted around the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x5)
- A dotted crotchet lasts one and a half beats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x6)
- Mum signed on the dotted line to join the gym. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x7)
- Beneath him lay the meadows, covered with velvety green, with the murmuring river flowing through them, and dotted here and there were small wooden houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x8)

### note

Double t in dotted, dotting. In geometry a dotted line often shows a line you cannot see (a hidden edge) or a fold. In music a dot after a note adds half its value: a dotted minim = 2 + 1 = 3 beats.

### In the corpora

- [In March a garden pond can fill with clumps of jelly dotted with black eggs: common frog spawn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad/0/)
- [France's year is dotted with special days, and each one has its own words, food or game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dotted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.