spotting

Plural: spottings

Noun

• The act of seeing or identifying something, often quickly or precisely.
• the act of spotting or staining something
• the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
• A spotted pattern.
• The act of spotting or sighting something.

Verb

• catch sight of
• detect with the senses
• mar or impair with a flaw
• make a spot or mark onto
• become spotted
• mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
• present participle and gerund of spot

Examples

• His spotting of the rare ’Q’ hook changed the entire dynamic of the Words With Friends game.

Synonyms

blemish, blob, blot, catching, descry, detection, discern, distinguish, espial, espy, fleck, maculation, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, spy, spying, staining, tell apart