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2. | point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" | |
3. | point - a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point" | |
4. | point - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" | |
5. | point - an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" | |
6. | point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" Synonyms: point in time | |
7. | point - the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?" | |
8. | point - a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" | |
9. | point - a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" Synonyms: dot | |
10. | point - the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" | |
11. | point - a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point" | |
12. | point - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" Synonyms: item | |
13. | point - a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect | |
14. | point - an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" Synonyms: spot | |
15. | point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" | |
16. | point - any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass" Synonyms: compass point | |
17. | point - a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch | |
18. | point - a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop" | |
19. | point - a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" Synonyms: head | |
20. | point - the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point Synonyms: pointedness | |
21. | point - a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points" | |
22. | point - the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun" Synonyms: gunpoint | |
23. | point - a wall socket Synonyms: power point | |
24. | point - a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs Synonyms: breaker point, distributor point | |
Verb | 1. | point - indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" |
2. | point - be oriented; "The weather vane points North" Synonyms: orient | |
3. | point - direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" | |
4. | point - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
5. | point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" | |
6. | point - sail close to the wind Synonyms: luff | |
7. | point - mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics | |
8. | point - mark with diacritics; "point the letter" | |
9. | point - mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes | |
10. | point - be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease" | |
11. | point - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" | |
12. | point - give a point to; "The candles are tapered" | |
13. | point - repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" Synonyms: repoint |
POINT, practice. A proposition or question arising in a case.
2. It is the duty of a judge to give an opinion on every point of law,
properly arising out of the issue, which is propounded to him. Vide
Resolution.
point - 1. The most commonly used are ATA in the USA and Didot in Europe. A twip is 1/20 of a PostScriptoint. Different point systems. |