dotted

American  

[dot-id] / ˈdɒt ɪd /

adjective

1. marked with a dot or dots.

2. consisting or constructed of dots.

3. having objects scattered or placed in a random manner.

   a landscape dotted with small houses.

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dotted British  

/ ˈdɒtɪd /

adjective

1. having dots, esp having a pattern of dots

2. music

   1. (of a note) increased to one and a half times its original time value See dot 1

   2. (of a musical rhythm) characterized by dotted notes Compare double-dotted See also notes inégales

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Other Word Forms

• undotted
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of dotted

First recorded in 1765–75; dot ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Dotted across four floors of an elegant 19th-Century townhouse, the museum - also known as the Baur Foundation - hosts an extensive, world-renowned collection of Chinese and Japanese artefacts.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

Dotted with details of her particular milieu — the ferryboat, the crepe shop, the rock show that leaves glitter in the eyelashes — “Monsters” is part memoir, part treatise and all treat.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Dotted by willows and edged with wetlands, this was a traditional gathering place for the Duwamish, who called it Baba’kwob, or “the prairies.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022

Dotted throughout the property are small wooden signs painted in his distinctive calligraphy with gentle reminders to live fully, and joyfully, in the moment: “I have arrived, I am home.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2022

Dotted across the hillside were the remains of his digging efforts: stones and dirt cast aside in sloppy heaps.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech