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point
Noun
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A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.
These two lines meet at this point.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
detection
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noun
the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
early detection can often lead to a cure
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noun
(= catching)
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
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noun
a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
detection is hard on the feet
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noun
the detection that a signal is being received