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(n)
(figurative) The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.
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A small spot or streak; a speckle.
An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
A crude or amateurish painting.
A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
(zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots.
A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
A mark made by smearing.
(figurative, archaic) A stain on somebody's reputation.
A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
A place or location.
(by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.
(countable) An act of finding out or observing by spying or looking; an espial or espying.
(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
(v)
(transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.
The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
A small dot or mark.
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
(religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
Someone or something that creates marks, particularly
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
Something infinitesimal; a tiny point.
A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
(adv)
Alternative spelling of upfront. [beforehand]
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
(by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
A broad smile.
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
A mark left by something that has passed along.
Carpet or a piece of carpet, especially when speaking of installation or removal.
An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
(chiefly US) Soil or earth.
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
A partial covering for a floor.
An act of tracing.
A place to hide.
(uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
(furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
(of a person or thing) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
(Canada, US, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
(adj)
Alternative form of in situ. [In its original position or place.]
A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
A portion; a component.
Any given region or area of the world.
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
(countable) A collection, sometimes hidden.
Something to be sat upon.
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
(transitive) To find out where something is located.
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
The act of matching a person with a job
A particular point or place in physical space.
A mark on the skin formed before birth.
The location of an event that attracts attention.
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
Only used in in situ.
An area of land or its particular features.
One who, or that which, locates.
A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
On a particular site or in a particular building, as opposed to at a remote site or factory.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A place or stead.
A person who lives in or near a given place.
A person, especially female, with brown hair.
A particular geographic region.
(geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
(informal) Moustache, mustache.
The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.
The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
(countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
The residential area near one's home.
A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
A task.