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# dotted

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

«dotted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dotted means marked with small dots or made of dots, like a dotted line. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x1)
- Trace the dotted letters to practise writing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x2)
- The hillside was dotted with sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x3)
- Draw a dotted line to show the line of symmetry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x4)
- Islands are dotted around the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x5)
- A dotted crotchet lasts one and a half beats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/#x6)
- Mum signed on the dotted line to join the gym. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dotted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dotted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dotted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dotted.html) on Mova free.