What is the meaning of spot?

noun

• A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
  • usage: "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
  • synonyms: topographic point, place
• A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising.
• An outstanding characteristic.
  • usage: "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
  • synonyms: point
• A blemish made by dirt.
  • usage: "he had a smudge on his cheek"
  • synonyms: smudge, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
• A small contrasting part of something.
  • usage: "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
  • synonyms: speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
• A section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance.
  • usage: "they changed his spot on the program"
• A business establishment for entertainment.
  • usage: "night spot"
• A job in an organization.
  • usage: "he occupied a post in the treasury"
  • synonyms: position, post, berth, office, billet, place, situation
• A slight attack of illness.
  • usage: "he has a touch of rheumatism"
  • synonyms: touch
• A small piece or quantity of something.
  • usage: "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind"
  • synonyms: bit
• A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit.
  • synonyms: pip
• A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer.
  • synonyms: spotlight
• A playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value.
  • usage: "an eight-spot"
• An act that brings discredit to the person who does it.
  • usage: "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
  • synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, stain

verb

• Catch sight of.
  • synonyms: descry, espy, spy
• Detect with the senses.
  • usage: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
  • synonyms: recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
• Mar or impair with a flaw.
  • usage: "her face was blemished"
  • synonyms: blemish
• Make a spot or mark onto.
  • usage: "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
  • synonyms: fleck, blob, blot
• Become spotted.
  • usage: "This dress spots quickly"
• Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition.
  • usage: "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"