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# jot

verb (jot, jots, jotted, jotting; usually «jot down»); noun (a jot)

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

## Everyday

1. To jot something down means to write it quickly in a few words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#m1)
2. A jot is a very tiny amount, used mostly in «not a jot» meaning «not at all». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#m2)

### In the lessons

At school pupils jot down ideas, notes or working before writing properly; a «jotter» (UK, Scotland) is a rough notebook. In older stories and the Bible «not one jot» means not the smallest bit. Phrases: «jot down», «not a jot», «not care a jot».

### Examples

- Jot down your ideas before you start the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#x1)
- I jotted her phone number on my hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#x2)
- Jot your working in the margin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#x3)
- He didn't care a jot about the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#x4)
- The Mole hadn't a jot of fear left once he saw the Rat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#x5)
- Please jot a quick note to say where you've gone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#x6)
- «Jottings» are short notes written quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#x7)
- Among these were many well-known rascals, who cared not a jot for study or for success. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jot/#x8)

### Note

Past: jotted, with double t. «Jot» comes from iota, the smallest Greek letter. Not a jot = nothing at all.

## On Mova

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