Definition of On the dot

1. Adverb. Just as it should be. "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"

Exact synonyms: Exactly, On The Button, On The Nose, Precisely

Definition of On the dot

1. Adverb. (idiomatic) exactly; precisely, especially of a numerical quantity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of On The Dot

on the bounce
on the brain
on the brink
on the bubble
on the cards
on the carpet
on the cheap
on the clock
on the coattails
on the come
on the contrary
on the cuff
on the cutting room floor
on the defensive
on the dot (current term)
on the double
on the down-low
on the edge of one's seat
on the face of
on the face of it
on the far side
on the fence
on the fence(p)
on the fly
on the fritz
on the front foot
on the go
on the go(p)

Literary usage of On the dot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Effects of Winds and of Barometric Pressures on the Great Lakes by John Fillmore Hayford (1922)
"... on the dot-and-dash graph on August 5 and August 25 and the relative smoothness of the continuous graph near those points. ..."

2. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1890)
""Put your pencil on the dot at the end of the right oblique line (dot 3); from this dot draw a short vertical line to dot 4 below. 5. ..."

3. Growing Readers: Units Of Study In The Primary Classroom by Kathy Collins (2004)
"... ones have a + written on the dot. "Readers," I say, "I want to show you a basket of books that I think you'll really love." I slide the blue dot basket ..."

4. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"On gradually increasing the distance between the page and the eye, still keeping the right eye steadily on the dot, it will be found that suddenly the cross ..."

5. Times of Sunrise and Sunset in the United Statesby Robert Wheeler Willson by Robert Wheeler Willson (1908)
"Then apply the tracing to each of the dated maps in turn, fitting it to the state lines as closely as possible, and press on the dot with the point of a ..."

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