[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spots.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / spots [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/S/) # spots «spots» in Mova's school dictionary: **Small round marks or patches of a different colour on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a spot, spots); verb (spot, spots, spotted, spotting) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Small round marks or patches of a different colour on something, like the spots on a ladybird or a Dalmatian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#m1) 2) Small red bumps on the skin, such as pimples or the rash of chickenpox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#m2) 3) Places, as in good spots for a picnic or parking spots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#m3) 4) As a verb, spots means notices or sees something, often something hard to see: she spots a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In science, spots describe animals and patterns (leopards have spots, a ladybird has black spots); in health lessons, spots on the skin can be a sign of an illness like chickenpox or measles; in everyday life we talk about spots on clothes (stains) and parking spots. In stories, "he spots a shadow" tells the reader a character noticed something important. Phrases: "spots and stripes", "come out in spots", "hot spots", "a tight spot" (a difficult situation), "on the spot" (right away, or right there). ### examples - The leopard has dark spots all over its fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x1) - My little brother came out in itchy spots when he had chickenpox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x2) - There are two red spots of paint on my sleeve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x3) - We found three good spots to put up the tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x4) - Mum spots a free parking space and drives in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x5) - Sam always spots the hidden animal in the picture first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x6) - A ladybird with seven spots landed on my hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x7) - The teacher spots that I forgot to carry the one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x8) - The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots which decorated his skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/#x9) ### note Spots is the plural of the noun "spot" and also the "he/she/it" form of the verb "spot" (spotted, spotting with double t). In British English "spots" often means pimples; Americans more often say "pimples" or "zits". Spotted can mean "seen" or "covered in spots" (a spotted dress). "On the spot" means immediately, not on a stain. If a problem says "a ladybird has 7 spots", count each spot as one; "spots" on dice are the dots that show the number. ### In the corpora - [Photos online are often smoothed with filters; real skin has lines and spots, and nobody looks like a filter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/19/) - [Knowing your weak spots, and saying so, is part of being trustworthy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/27-who-you-are-words-not-body/8/) - [A black panther is a leopard or jaguar with extra dark pigment, and its spots can still be seen in bright light.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/20-leopards-jaguars-cheetahs-and-the-house-cat/8/) - [Owl butterflies have large eye spots on the underside of their wings that may startle birds or draw their pecks away from the body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/98-the-butterfly-house/10/) - [Sea lions often squabble loudly over the best resting spots on the rocks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/6/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «spots» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spots/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.