suitable spot

collocation in English

meaningsofsuitableandspot

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suitable
adjective
uk
/ˈsuː.tə.bəl/us
/ˈsuː.t̬ə.bəl/
acceptable or right for someone ...
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spot
noun[C]
uk
/spɒt/us
/spɑːt/
a small, usually round area of colour that is differently coloured or lighter or darker than the surface ...
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(Definition ofsuitableandspotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuitable spot

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It was decided that this village would be asuitablespotat which to erect half a dozen bungalows.
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Odorants remain inside the medium and tend to leak at the nextsuitablespot.
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Only then does the female swim to asuitablespot, where she attaches the sticky egg.
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After fertilization the female swims to asuitablespot, where she attaches the very sticky eggs.
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Losing blood rapidly, he asked to find asuitablespotto die.
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This time she wandered further without finding asuitablespot, then suddenly flew away.
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Narvaez determined this was a verysuitablespotfor a fort.
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It then goes through six instars, after which the larva finds asuitablespotto pupate.
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It would be almost seven years before the committee was able to locate asuitablespotto begin construction.
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Only then does the female swim to asuitablespot, where she attaches the very sticky eggs.
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They locate asuitablespoton the mudflat to build a nest (the spot is usually chosen by the female).
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The unit, really to be effective, should be in the area where there is the most population, that is, in a convenient andsuitablespotfor people to call in.
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The male chooses asuitablespotfor egg deposition on a branch, leaf, or steep rock about a metre (yard) above a stream.
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Trees can appear singly or in groups at anysuitablespotin the landscape, even on the sides and tops of rocks representing mountains or hills.
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It explores potential surfaces with modified antennules; once it has found a potentiallysuitablespot, it attaches head-first using its antennules, and a secreted glycoproteinous substance.
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