Etymology

From dot +‎ -edCategory:English terms suffixed with -ed#DOTTED.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: dŏtʹĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈdɑtɪd/Category:English 2-syllable words#DOTTEDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DOTTED
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒtɪd/Category:English 2-syllable words#DOTTEDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DOTTED

• Audio (US):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DOTTED
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪdCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒtɪd#DOTTEDCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒtɪd/2 syllables#DOTTED

Verb

dottedCategory:English non-lemma forms#DOTTEDCategory:English verb forms#DOTTEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DOTTEDCategory:Pages with entries#DOTTEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DOTTED

1. simple past and past participle of dot

Adjective

dotted (comparative more dotted, superlative most dotted)Category:English lemmas#DOTTEDCategory:English adjectives#DOTTEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DOTTEDCategory:Pages with entries#DOTTEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DOTTED

1. (of a line) Made up of a series of dots.

   Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.

2. (usually computingCategory:en:Computing#DOTTED) That contains dots.
   • 2012, Barry A. Burd, Michael Burton, Donn Felker, Java and Android Application Development For Dummies eBook Set‎:

     The dotted name java.util.Scanner is the fully qualified name of the Scanner class.

     Category:English terms with quotations#DOTTED

3. (musicCategory:en:Music#DOTTED, of notes and rests) With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.
4. (figurative) Covered with irregularly scattered objects.
   • 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter XI, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 107:

     The woods filtered men and the fields became dotted.

     Category:English terms with quotations#DOTTED

See also

• dashed
• dash-dotted