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English to English noun
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a geometric element that has position but no extension |  | Example: a point is defined by its coordinates
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the precise location of something; a spatially limited 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 | | 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 | | Example: several of the details are similar
a point of information
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a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | | Example: a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?
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an instant of time | | Example: at that point I had to leave
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the object of an activity | | Example: what is the point of discussing it?
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a V shape | | Example: the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points
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a very small circular shape | | Example: a row of points
draw lines between the dots
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the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest | | 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 | | 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 | | Example: 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
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a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect | | source: wordnet30
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an outstanding characteristic | | Example: his acting was one of the high points of the movie
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sharp end | | 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 | | 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 | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | | Example: in England they call a period a stop
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a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | | Example: the point of the arrow was due north
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the dot at the left of a decimal fraction | | source: wordnet30
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the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip | | source: wordnet30
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a distinguishing or individuating characteristic | | Example: he knows my bad points as well as my good points
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the gun muzzle's direction | | Example: he held me up at the point of a gun
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a wall socket | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; -- called also vaccine point. | | source: webster1913 verb
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indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | | Example: I showed the customer the glove section
He pointed to the empty parking space
he indicated his opponents
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be oriented | | Example: The weather vane points North
the dancers toes pointed outward
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direct into a position for use | | Example: point a gun
He charged his weapon at me
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direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | | source: wordnet30
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be a signal for or a symptom of | | Example: These symptoms indicate a serious illness
Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
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sail close to the wind | | source: wordnet30
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mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics | | source: wordnet30
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mark with diacritics | | Example: point the letter
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mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes | | source: wordnet30
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be positionable in a specified manner | | Example: The gun points with ease
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intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | | Example: He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
criticism directed at her superior
direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
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indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle | | Example: the dog pointed the dead duck
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give a point to | | Example: The candles are tapered
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repair the joints of bricks | | Example: point a chimney
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To appoint. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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