dot dot dot
Definition Synonyms
Definition of dot dot dot - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
writing symbolpunctuation mark consisting of three dots
- The sentence ended with a dot dot dot.
Interjection
speechindicates a pause or unfinished thought in speech
- I was thinking... dot dot dot maybe we should wait.
Terms with dot dot dot included in their meaning
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writing
small dot or mark in writing
size
very small spot or dot
music
musical note with a dot increasing its duration by half
linguistics
vowel sound in words like 'top' and 'dot'
dice games
die face with one dot
technology
small dot or spot on a radar screen representing an object
printing
printer creating characters as dot patterns
printing resolution
measure of spatial printing or video dot density
internet address
last part of a website address after the final dot
technology
continuous paper with perforations for dot-matrix printers
music
with a dot increasing duration by half
computer graphics
render an image using dot patterns
computer graphics
dot patterns used to simulate unavailable colors
graphics
using dot patterns to simulate colors
graphics
process of simulating colors with dot patterns
images
method converting images into dot patterns for printing
measurement
very tiny dot or spot
physics
measured width of a focused beam or dot on a surface
food
short-grain Italian rice with a white dot, used in risotto
mathematics
small dot used in math equations
separator
dot used as a separator in lists
typography
heavy dot used to highlight text
technology
command in scripts starting with a dot
software
feature accessed using dot notation
Examples of dot dot dot in a sentence
The author used a dot dot dot to indicate a pause. I was going to say... dot dot dot but I forgot. He hesitated and said, dot dot dot, I'm not sure.
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- French:trois points, points de suspension, ...
- German:Punkt Punkt Punkt, ...
- Italian:puntini di sospensione, puntini puntini puntini, ...
- Spanish:puntos suspensivos, punto punto punto, ...
- Portuguese:reticências, ponto ponto ponto, ...
- Chinese:省略号, ......, ...
- Japanese:三点リーダー, えっと, ...
- Arabic:عَلامَةُ الحَذْف, نُقْطَة نُقْطَة نُقْطَة, ...
- Hebrew:שָׁלוֹשׁ נְקוּדוֹת, שָׁלוֹשׁ נְקוּדוֹת, ...
- Russian:многоточие, точка точка точка, ...
- Ukrainian:трикрапка, ...
- Hindi:त्रिबिंदु, ..., ...
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