Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of dot
adjectivedotted (comparative more dotted, superlative most dotted)
comparative more dotted · superlative most dotted
- Made up of a series of dots.
Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.
- usuallycomputingThat contains dots.
The dotted name java.util.Scanner is the fully qualified name of the Scanner class.
2012, Barry A. Burd, Michael Burton, Donn Felker, Java and Android Application Development For Dummies eBook Set - entertainmentWith a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.
- figurativelyCovered with irregularly scattered objects.
The woods filtered men and the fields became dotted.
1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter XI, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 107
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German gepunktet
- gepunktet(of a line) made up of a series of dots
Greek παρεστιγμένος
- παρεστιγμένος (parestigménos)(of music notes and rests) with a dot after
Māori iraira
- iraira(of a line) made up of a series of dots
Polish kropkowany
- kropkowany(of a line) made up of a series of dots
Russian пункти́рный, то́чечный
- пункти́рный (punktírnyj)(of a line) made up of a series of dots
- то́чечный (tóčečnyj)(of a line) made up of a series of dots
- усе́янный (uséjannyj)(figurative) covered with irregularly scattered objects
Spanish punteado
- punteado(of a line) made up of a series of dots
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dotted
spottedcarotidpottedknottedparotidbesottedunspottedbedottedbeknottedbicarotidintracarotidmisallottedoverplottedpreallottedproglottidshottedsubcarotidtranscarotidundottedunknottedunpotted
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“dotted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotted. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dotted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotted.
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