hot spot
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5.6
- noun
- /hɑt spɑt/
- Literature
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zona de conflicto
- As if these ballot measures are not enough, Maryland also has a hot Senate race this year, making Maryland a political hot spot this election year, despite its forgone electoral votes.
- world hot spots
- troops to hot spots
- monitor hot spots
Examples
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This program identified certain hot spots...
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The protests erupted in the city, turning it into a hot spot of conflict overnight.
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Why at this moment, when the Middle East can explode at any time with already some major "hot spots" such as Syria?
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New Hampshire was a hot spot this election season, as a battleground state and also as an area that politicians frequented.
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Perhaps the most meaningful exchange in Monday night's foreign policy debate focused on that hot spot known as the People's Republic of Ohio, the key battleground state most impacted by President Obama's auto rescue.
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Kashmir has been a hot spot for political unrest and violence for many years.
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In recent months, the border region has become a hot spot for military tensions.
Synonyms
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6.5
A place where things like crime or bad ideas grow and spread quickly
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3.8
An area or situation where people are likely to be hurt
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7.5
A situation where trouble or violence can start suddenly
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3.7
A place where problems or fighting happen often
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8.3
A place or situation likely to become suddenly violent because of tensions
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5.1
A place where political conflict or violence often happens
A situation likely to suddenly become violent or start a fight
Antonyms
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'hot' (active, popular) + 'spot' (place) yield a plausible meaning of a popular or active location, but the specific technological sense 'place or device providing Wi‑Fi' is a conventionalized, somewhat specialized extension that a B1 learner would not reliably derive from the parts alone. Many languages borrow the term 'hotspot' for Wi‑Fi, which can aid recognition, but the leap to the technical internet-access sense remains only partially predictable.
Etymology
Hot spot comes from the image of a small hot spot where tensions boil and trouble can break out, so it means 'a place of unrest or possible violence'.