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jot

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verb (used with object)

to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.

noun

the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.

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Idiom

not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all: The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.

Origin:
1520–30; earlier iot, iote < Latin iōta < Greek iôta iota

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At the front desk of the public library, there is a spiral notebook for patrons to jot down comments.

Alongside the video is a space for typed or handwritten notes, which students can jot down using a stylus.

Surprise: the criterion was met a few days ago, but the cartel has yet to increase output one jot.

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At the front desk of the public library, there is a spiral notebook for patrons to jot down comments.

Alongside the video is a space for typed or handwritten notes, which students can jot down using a stylus.

Surprise: the criterion was met a few days ago, but the cartel has yet to increase output one jot.

Ask them to jot notes about daily life as they watch the videos and view the photos.

It won't care a jot if it is populated by human beings.

Worms2 contains not a jot of redeeming edu-cational value.

As they watch, students should jot down in their notebooks the tagline and description provided for each candidate.

If you think of something you can jot down an idea, but that is it.

America has killed thousands of enemy fighters there without seeming to reduce their number a jot.

Students can jot down key words or phrases or use self-stick notes.

After each of the instructions, there is space for the student to jot down ideas.

Try to think of questions they will ask and then jot down possible answers.

He hasn't done a jot of campaigning in the past year and his presidential prospects have risen dramatically.

In the left column, students can jot down main events they observe in the movie.

If the head falls onto the platter or picks up a jot of dust, the data can be rendered unreadable.

Jot down these important ideas so you don't forget, then get back to writing.

Anyway, the amount of oil out there matters not a jot if there is no good way to export it.

If you happen to have a secret plan in your pocket to save newspapers, jot it down as a comment.

Compare yours to the original and jot down a list of the differences.

These are the sort of fights that racist whites, who care not one jot about black rights, are spoiling to have.

DealBook was on hand to jot down some of his zingers.

And use every jot of the social services you qualify for.

But it does not change the size of the deficit one jot.

Suggestion: when you're being asked a question, jot the essentials down.

None made a jot of difference to escalating wage agreements.

Its extremely easy to jot down notes, and many of my students are more inclined to welcome coming to the board.

Consumers, of course, care not a jot about marketing machinations.

It matters not a jot how much you try to defend the indefensible it s still wrong pure and simple.

You'll be able to jot these messages down on business cards, legal pads, or company letterhead.

On the way out, you have the best idea ever and you jot it on the napkin so you don't forget.

Jot down a prediction for tomorrow's weather, based on the current weather and patterns you've observed.

The pilot would get a feel for the airplane, check the instruments, jot down some notes and finish the.

She weaves ideas together so fast that sometimes she has to jot down what she has just.

It matters not a jot how you came to be in that situation.

Their touch screens are also capable of doubling as notebooks to jot down information or to download books.

I'll give you a couple of minutes to think about it and perhaps jot down a few ideas”.

Pencil and paper-to jot down caption information and story ideas.

Jot down your pen and pad ideas in the comments section.

One can wait quietly in an air vent or perched on a pile of crates and jot down names on a small spiral notepad.

Ask them to jot these observations about their internal reading voice on the handout, too.

He would interrupt conversations with students and colleagues to jot down notes on bits of paper he carried in his pocket.

Have students jot down the essay questions that seem interesting and/or that appeal to them.

Uniting these fields is the thought that evolution and learning don't give a jot what resources are used to solve a problem.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

jot (dʒɒt)

—vb (usually foll by down) , jots, jotting, jotted
1.	to write a brief note of

—n
2.	(used with a negative) a little bit (in phrases such as not to care (orgive) a jot)

[C16: from Latin jota, from Greek iōta, of Semitic origin; see iota]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History

jot

1526, borrowing of L. jota, variant spelling of Gk. iota "the letter -i-, the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything. The verb "to make a short note of" is attested from 1721.

Easton

Bible Dictionary

Jot definition

or Iota, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matt. 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the smallest of the Hebrew letters.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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