Definition of point

noun (n)

• a geometric element that has position but no extension (noun.cognition)

  Example:
  A point is defined by its coordinates.
  

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• the precise location of something; a spatially limited location (noun.location)

  Example:
  She walked to a point where she could survey the whole street.
  

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• a brief version of the essential meaning of something (noun.communication)

  Example:
  Get to the point.
  He missed the point of the joke.
  Life has lost its point.
  

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• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: detail, item
  

  Example:
  A point of information.
  

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• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (noun.state)

  Synonym: degree, level, stage
  

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• an instant of time (noun.time)

  Synonym: point in time
  

  Example:
  At that point I had to leave.
  

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• the object of an activity (noun.cognition)

  Example:
  What is the point of discussing it?.
  

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• a V shape (noun.shape)

  Synonym: peak, tip
  

  Example:
  The cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points.
  

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• a very small circular shape (noun.shape)

  Synonym: dot
  

  Example:
  A row of points.
  

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• the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest (noun.quantity)

  Example:
  He scored 20 points in the first half.
  A touchdown counts 6 points.
  

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• a promontory extending out into a large body of water (noun.object)

  Example:
  They sailed south around the point.
  

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• a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list (noun.communication)

  Synonym: item
  

  Example:
  The main point on the agenda was taken up first.
  

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• a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect (noun.linkdef)

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• an outstanding characteristic (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: spot
  

  Example:
  His acting was one of the high points of the movie.
  

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• sharp end (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  He stuck the point of the knife into a tree.
  He broke the point of his pencil.
  

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• any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass (noun.linkdef)

  Synonym: compass point
  

  Example:
  He checked the point on his compass.
  

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• a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch (noun.quantity)

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• one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan (noun.possession)

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• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations (noun.communication)

  Synonym: full point, full stop, period, stop
  

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• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer (noun.communication)

  Synonym: head
  

  Example:
  The point of the arrow was due north.
  

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• the dot at the left of a decimal fraction (noun.communication)

  Synonym: decimal point, percentage point
  

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• the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: pointedness
  Antonym: unpointedness
  

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• a distinguishing or individuating characteristic (noun.attribute)

  Example:
  He knows my bad points as well as my good points.
  

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• the gun muzzle's direction (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: gunpoint
  

  Example:
  He held me up at the point of a gun.
  

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• a wall socket (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: power point
  

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• a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: breaker point, distributor point
  

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• That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. (noun)

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• A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; -- called also vaccine point. (noun)

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verb (v)

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively (verb.communication)

  Synonym: designate, indicate, show
  

  Example:
  He pointed to the empty parking space.
  

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• be oriented (verb.stative)

  Synonym: orient
  

  Example:
  The weather vane points North.
  The dancers toes pointed outward.
  

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• direct into a position for use (verb.competition)

  Synonym: charge, level
  

  Example:
  Point a gun.
  

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• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb.motion)

  Synonym: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, steer
  

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• be a signal for or a symptom of (verb.communication)

  Synonym: bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal
  

  Example:
  Her behavior points to a severe neurosis.
  

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• sail close to the wind (verb.motion)

  Synonym: luff
  

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• mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics (verb.contact)

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• mark with diacritics (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Point the letter.
  

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• mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes (verb.contact)

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• be positionable in a specified manner (verb.competition)

  Example:
  The gun points with ease.
  

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• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal (verb.competition)

  Synonym: aim, direct, place, target
  

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• indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle (verb.communication)

  Example:
  The dog pointed the dead duck.
  

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• give a point to (verb.change)

  Synonym: sharpen, taper
  

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• repair the joints of bricks (verb.change)

  Synonym: repoint
  

  Example:
  Point a chimney.
  

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• To appoint. (verb)

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• To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. (verb)

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• To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at. (verb)

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