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📝 To write quickly 📝 A short note 🔸 A tiny amount
jot

jot

1 4.9
A short quick note that helps you remember something
  • noun
  • /dʒɑt/
translation icon : apunte
  • She passed him a jot with her phone number on it during the meeting.

Examples

  • This writing can take many forms; students can ask questions, offer solutions to problems posed by the teacher, summarize what they have learned, jot notes in preparation for a class discussion, or list ideas about yesterday's lesson.

    Academic text (1991)

  • For each teaching activity, jot down which educational experience provided expertise.

    Academic text (1993)

  • You must study very carefully every jot and every tittle of every written document that they give you.

    Academic text (2000)

  • I always keep a jot of what I need to buy at the grocery store.

  • During the lecture, I made a quick jot to remember the key points.

Synonyms

note
vsjot
∞ 1.0

A short written message to remind or tell someone something

is specifically a very quickly written message rather than a general one
jotting
vsjot
1 4.2

A short note written quickly by hand to remember something

is not limited to handwriting and can be written quickly in any form

Idioms

jot and tittle
  • Informal
9.9

Every small detail that must be exact

How Brief

jot
1 4.9
note
∞ 1.0
memo
341 1.8
letter
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

jot singular
jots plural

Etymology

Jot for a short, quick note comes from the idea of a tiny written mark and is linked to Greek iota, the smallest letter. So a 'jot' is a little mark you write quickly to help you remember something.