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| NOUN: | 1. Chiefly British. A tiny amount: bit1, crumb, dab1, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap1, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit. See BIG. 2. A particular portion of space chosen for something: location, locus, place, point. See PLACE. 3. A very small mark: dash, dot, fleck, pinpoint, point, speck. See MARKS. 4. A post of employment: appointment, berth, billet, job, office, place, position, situation, slot. Slang : gig. See PLACE. 5. Informal. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition: box1, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight1, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble. Informal : bind, pickle. See EASY. 6. A mark of discredit or disgrace: black eye, blemish, blot, onus, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish. Archaic : attaint. Idioms: a blot on one's escutcheon. See MARKS, RESPECT. | | VERB: | 1. To perceive, especially barely or fleetingly: catch, descry, detect, discern, espy, glimpse, spy. See SEE. 2. To perceive and fix the identity of, especially with difficulty: descry, discern, distinguish, make out, pick out. See SEE. 3. To look for and discover: find, locate, pinpoint. See GET. 4. To put in or assign to a certain position or location: emplace, install, locate, place, position, set1, site, situate. See PLACE. 5. To mark or soil with spots: bespatter, blotch, spatter, splatter, splotch. See MARKS. | | ADJECTIVE: | Having no particular pattern, purpose, organization, or structure: chance, desultory, haphazard, hit-or-miss, indiscriminate, random, unplanned. See PLANNED.
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