Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - dotted

1. A dotted line is a line which is made of a row of dots. Cut along the dotted line. ADJ: usu ADJ n • If you sign on the dotted line, you formally agree to something by signing an official document. Once you sign on the dotted line you are committed to that property. PHRASE: V inflects 2. If a place or object is dotted with things, it has many of those things scattered over its surface. The maps were dotted with the names of small towns. ADJ: v-link ADJ with n 3. If things are dotted around a place, they can be found in many different parts of that place. Many pieces of sculpture are dotted around the house. = scattered ADJ: v-link ADJ prep 4. see also dot