objective point

objective Noun

— An objective is something that you are trying to do. The main objective of our visit was to climb Mount Kenya. I share the objective of everyone in Britain who want our soldiers home. Sometimes a team is more successful than an individual in achieving challenging objectives. We plan to extend the network with the objective of connecting up 3 million more homes by 1990. — An objective is a place you want to get to.

objective Adjective

— If something is objective, it is based on facts and things we can see and touch without using people's feelings. It is hard to find objective measures of artistic ability. Newspapers try hard to publish objective stories. — If someone is objective, they are thinking about things logically based on facts. Watching the play on TV can help an actor to be more objective about his performance.

point Noun

— A point is a position with no size, or a small dot. These two lines meet at this point. — A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing. He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can. — The point of something is the reason or purpose for it. The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it. — A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal. The price has gone up by two point five percent.

point Verb

— To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing. He pointed her toward the gate.