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1. Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humour and lens
   - musca volitans, muscae volitantes, floater

1. A point located with respect to surface features of some region
   "a bright spot on a planet"
   - topographic point, place
    
2. A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
    
3. An outstanding characteristic
   - point
    
4. A blemish made by dirt
   - smudge, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
    
5. A small contrasting part of something
   "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"
   - speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
    
6. A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
   "they changed his spot on the program"
    
7. A business establishment for entertainment
   "night spot"
    
8. A job in an organization
   - position, post, berth, office, billet, place, situation
    
9. A slight attack of illness
   - touch
    
10. A small piece or quantity of something
    "a spot of tea"
    - bit
     
11. A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
    - pip
     
12. A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
    - spotlight
     
13. A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
    "an eight-spot"
     
14. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it
    - blot, smear, smirch, stain

1. Catch sight of
   - descry, espy, spy
    
2. Detect with the senses
   - recognize, recognise [Brit], distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
    
3. Mar or impair with a flaw
   - blemish
    
4. Make a spot or mark onto
   "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
   - fleck, blob, blot
    
5. Become spotted
   "This dress spots quickly"
    
6. Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
   "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"

See also: spotter, spotting

Type of: attack, begrime, bemire [archaic], blemish, business, business establishment, change, change surface, characteristic, colly [archaic], defect, dirty, error, fault, grime, job, lamp, line, line of work, mar, mark, marker, marking, mistake, occupation, place of business, playing card, point, section, sight, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, soil, spy, subdivision, symptom

Part of: playing card, theater light [US], theatre light

Encyclopedia: Spot