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Point   /pɔɪnt/   Listen
Point

noun
1.
A geometric element that has position but no extension.
2.
The precise location of something; a spatially limited location.
3.
A brief version of the essential meaning of something.  "He missed the point of the joke" , "Life has lost its point"
4.
An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.  Synonyms: detail, item.  "A point of information"
5.
A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.  Synonyms: degree, level, stage.  "At what stage are the social sciences?"
6.
An instant of time.  Synonym: point in time.
7.
The object of an activity.
8.
A V shape.  Synonyms: peak, tip.
9.
A very small circular shape.  Synonym: dot.  "Draw lines between the dots"
10.
The unit of counting in scoring a game or contest.  "A touchdown counts 6 points"
11.
A promontory extending out into a large body of water.
12.
A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.  Synonym: item.  "She had several items on her shopping list" , "The main point on the agenda was taken up first"
13.
A style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect.
14.
An outstanding characteristic.  Synonym: spot.
15.
Sharp end.  "He broke the point of his pencil"
16.
Any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass.  Synonym: compass point.
17.
A linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch.
18.
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.
19.
A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.  Synonyms: full point, full stop, period, stop.
20.
A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.  Synonym: head.
21.
The dot at the left of a decimal fraction.  Synonyms: decimal point, percentage point.
22.
The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip.  Synonym: pointedness.
23.
A distinguishing or individuating characteristic.
24.
The gun muzzle's direction.  Synonym: gunpoint.
25.
A wall socket.  Synonym: power point.
26.
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs.  Synonyms: breaker point, distributor point.
verb
(past & past part. pointed; pres. part. pointing)
1.
Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.  Synonyms: designate, indicate, show.  "He pointed to the empty parking space" , "He indicated his opponents"
2.
Be oriented.  Synonym: orient.  "The dancers toes pointed outward"
3.
Direct into a position for use.  Synonyms: charge, level.  "He charged his weapon at me"
4.
Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.  Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, steer.
5.
Be a signal for or a symptom of.  Synonyms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal.  "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis" , "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
6.
Sail close to the wind.  Synonym: luff.
7.
Mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics.
8.
Mark with diacritics.
9.
Mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes.
10.
Be positionable in a specified manner.
11.
Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.  Synonyms: aim, direct, place, target.  "Criticism directed at her superior" , "Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
12.
Indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle.
13.
Give a point to.  Synonyms: sharpen, taper.
14.
Repair the joints of bricks.  Synonym: repoint.



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"Point" Quotes from Famous Books



... confirmed drunkard at once. It is by degrees that men generally become inebriates. "Take but a glass," says the recruiting sergeant of Bacchus, "it will do you no harm." But one glass is but the starting point. It is the magnet that attracts material akin to itself. What a world of degradation has been generated by this ...
— The Black-Sealed Letter - Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cockney. • Andrew Learmont Spedon

... careful examination of what others have taught respecting this disputed point in grammar, I have given, in the preceding rule, that explanation which I consider to be the most correct and the most simple, and also as well authorized as any. Who first parsed the infinitive in this manner, I know not; probably those who first called the to a preposition; ...
— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

... consent to land his goods, and commenced trading with the people as usual, while the Margaretta, the British gunboat, lay at anchor off White's Point, some distance ...
— A Little Maid of Old Maine • Alice Turner Curtis

... madam, to whose Latin name, jugum, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language—a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A ...
— The Devil's Dictionary • Ambrose Bierce

... my uncle somewhat demurred, but, at last, when I pressed the point, he consented to remain in charge of the goods we had brought while we ...
— Adventures in Africa - By an African Trader • W.H.G. Kingston


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