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Meaning point meaning

What does point mean?
Definitions in simple English

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.

point

— noun a geometric element that has position but no extension a point is defined by its coordinates — verb (= indicate, show) 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 — noun the precise location of something; a spatially limited location she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street — noun 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 — noun (= detail) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole several of the details are similar a point of information — noun (= degree, stage) 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? — noun an instant of time at that point I had to leave — verb (= orient) be oriented The weather vane points North the dancers toes pointed outward — verb (= charge) direct into a position for use point a gun He charged his weapon at me — noun the object of an activity what is the point of discussing it? — verb (= direct) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling — noun a V shape the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points — noun (= dot) a very small circular shape a row of points draw lines between the dots — noun the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest he scored 20 points in the first half a touchdown counts 6 points — noun a promontory extending out into a large body of water they sailed south around the point — noun (= item) 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 — noun sharp end he stuck the point of the knife into a tree he broke the point of his pencil — noun an outstanding characteristic his acting was one of the high points of the movie — noun a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect — verb (= indicate, signal) 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 — verb indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle the dog pointed the dead duck — verb be positionable in a specified manner The gun points with ease — verb mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes — verb mark with diacritics point the letter — verb mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics — verb repair the joints of bricks point a chimney — noun a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch — noun 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 a distinguishing or individuating characteristic he knows my bad points as well as my good points — noun a wall socket — noun the gun muzzle's direction he held me up at the point of a gun — noun the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip — noun a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer the point of the arrow was due north — noun (= period, full stop, stop) 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 — noun any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass he checked the point on his compass — verb (= luff) sail close to the wind — verb (= taper) give a point to The candles are tapered — noun (= decimal point) the dot at the left of a decimal fraction — noun (= distributor point) a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs — verb (= aim, direct) 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

Synonyms point synonyms

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Topics point topics

What do people use point to talk about?
States Quality Texture Sharp

Pointed
Language and thought Communication Say

Talk about a subject
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Purpose, goal
Language and thought Communication

Make speech
Universe, creation Sky Sun

Planet
Universe, creation World

Solid, liquid, gas
Language and thought Communication Language

Word
Physical actions Physical impact

Aim at a target
States Quality Shape

Point, dot
States Time

Period of time
States Location

Direction
States Parts of things

End, point
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Point at
Person Sense, perceive See

Show, let someone see
Physical actions Arrange

Multiple things moving
Grammar

Connected with, related
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Notice
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Attention
Language and thought Think Opinion

Agree with someone
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Deliberately
Language and thought Want Request

Refuse to do something
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Excited
Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Show, indicate
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Social behavior Law Trial

Accuse, confront
Physical actions Move Accompany

Guide
Physical actions Arrange

Join, attach
States Quantity Number

Fraction
States Time Take time

A short time
States Time Aspectual time

Once
States Location Direction

North, south, east, west
Grammar Very

Partly
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Uncertain
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of transition

Conjugation point conjugation

How do you conjugate point?

point · verb

Examples point examples

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Simple sentences

That's interesting, but beside the point.
I agree with you on that point.
I'm not interested in having a boyfriend at this point.
Tom said that there was no point in growing vegetables when it can be bought.
There was no point in arguing with Tom.
Not everyone shares that point of view.
Let me point out one of the problems.
Please come to the point.
There's no point in trying anymore.
At this point, we have no choice.
At this point, we can only hope.
There's no point discussing that now.
I think that you're missing the point.
At one point in time we were enemies, but we concluded a peace and now have a good relationship with each other.
What's your point?
If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.
I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore.
Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
There's no point in arguing over tastes.
There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
Your remarks are off the point.
You are off the point.
My patience has come to the breaking point.
We must look at the problem from a global point of view.
Singing is her strong point.
Please stop beating around the bush and come straight to the point.
Our interest converges on that point.
From our point of view, his proposal is reasonable.
There is no point in pretending to be sick.
The point of the pencil has become dull.
Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.
Instead of beating around the bush, Jones got straight to the point.
An illustration may make the point clear.
I cannot agree with you on this point.

Movie subtitles

That's not the point.
He's reached that point?! Hey!
And what's the point if we're the only ones left?!
We're not the end point, the goal of evolution, or anything like that.
I think, at this point, it's just all mind games.
If this is all part of the game, it's beyond me at this point.
At that point, I just, you know, lost it.
He's got a point.
Okay, here's where I prove my point.
So have I made my point, Or do I have to beat them again with just one pinky?
That's such a good point!
What's the point of any of this?
Just act normal, and at a certain point, the Commandant will contact you.
She's also a compulsive gambler and a philanderer, so what's your point?
That's not the point. If I get caught, you'll have problems too, won't you?
Because they were inaccurate and had a wrong reference point.
The triumphal point of the diagram is that you can clearly see that the hydrogen gas in the Galaxy is distributed in spiral arms.
Get to the point, my friend.
We can't withdraw now, or all our efforts up to this point will have been for nothing.
By my calculations, in another 15 minutes, the atmospheric reentry vehicles with the micro-drones will arrive at the drop point.
True enough. I see your point. But I also agree with Jet's view that we should do something before it's too late.
But since none of us have identical powers, one never knows what that ability might be until such point and time that it's awakened.
We don't have the option of ignoring it, and, at some point, we need to clear up this misunderstanding.
Despite possessing physical powers far superior to that of common man, you cannot escape the yoke of emotion, your weak point as cyborgs.
Once that point is reached, there will be no way of preventing the continuing contagion.
Uh, asset at drop point.
And from the emotional point of view, this must feel like an extraordinary violation and betrayal.
I'll be brief and to the point.
You got a point.
She's got a point you know.
She knew at that point, after she'd had several encounters with this guy, it turned out to be young Peter hale that was just a figment of her imagination.
I'd expected a slightly warmer welcome, but. point taken.
I'll get directly to the point.
YOU DID SAY IT WOULD POINT HER AT WHAT SHE WANTS.
That's a good point.
And Mrs Bathgate refused point blank?
The point is that I tell you to walk away when they do that!

News and current affairs

One of these species, orange roughy, has been caught commercially for only around a quarter-century, but already is being fished to the point of collapse.
The whole point of restructuring was to discharge debt and make the remainder more manageable.
Of course, this may not be the breaking point beyond which the debt burden becomes unsustainable.
At that point, the trouble grabbed widespread attention, destroyed public confidence, and set in motion a negative feedback loop.
This three-point program would lay the ground for economic resurgence.
To contain today's financial and economic crisis, Europe will also need to continue the cooperation that it has shown up to this point.
We are approaching a point of no return, at which feedback loops will kick in and continue to warm the planet, no matter what we do.
At that point, Americans will join the stampede out of their economy.
China, India, and other developing nations, have a point - or rather, three points.
So the fierce debate over whether to increase the size of American ground forces in Iraq is beside the point.
There is no point in trying to win the hearts and minds of major drug traffickers.
That six-percentage-point difference in anticipated real yield is a measure of bond investors' extraordinary and irrational panic.
Giving lectures about fiscal prudence is beside the point.
A key point here is that institutional arrangements are, by necessity, country-specific.
This is Manicheanism of the left, and, like Manicheanism of the political right, it can distort reality to the point of becoming divorced from it.
Moreover, land for peace never made sense from an economic point of view.
Similarly, regardless of the outcome of DSK's trial in New York, the case might represent a turning point in the treatment of women in Europe.
The point, simply, is that with so many people in so many countries demanding far-reaching change, the politics of gender is very much in play - in Europe and beyond.
September 11, 2001, was a terrible tragedy by any measure, but it was not a historical turning point.
Every percentage-point fall in growth has direct social consequences, whether on nutrition levels, infant mortality, or school attendance.
It is impossible at this point to gauge the full extent of the damage with any degree of precision.

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