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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.
jump
Verb
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If you jump, you leave the ground completely.
He jumped for joy.
She jumped to her death from the bridge.
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If you jump something, you fly over it.
The children jumped the water to get to the other side.
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If you jump something, you make it leave the ground.
He loved jumping his bicycle.
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If you jump, you move suddenly because you are surprised.
I scared her and she jumped.
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If you jumpstart a car, you use the battery power from another car.
We used his car to jump ours.
jump
Noun
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A jump is a movement from the ground to the air.
She took a run before the big jump over the water.
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A jump is a ramp used to jump.
He went off the jump at full speed.
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A jump is a jolt or shock used to start a car.
He used his car to give me a jump.
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A jump is a sudden movement of surprise.
It seems I surprised her, because she gave a little jump.