point
IPA: pˈɔɪnt
noun
- A small dot or mark.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- (archaic) Condition, state.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
- (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
- (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (in the plural, dated) The chief or excellent features.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- A sharp extremity.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.) .]]
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- The act of pointing.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
- (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (informal, military) USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York.
- A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state.
- A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A surname from French.
- Short for percentage point. [One hundredth of a given value, used to measure the difference of two percentages.]
- Short for point man. [(military) In combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.]
verb
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
- (obsolete) To appoint.
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Examples of "point" in Sentences
- The hilltop became the viewing point.
- He took the dissentient point of view.
- The point of view is biased and unfair.
- This is the point of view of the rebels.
- This of course is the Puritan point of view.
- That's very satisfying from the point of view.
- The pertinent policy is the neutral point of view.
- Such is the shortsightedness of the human point of view.
- The whole point is to solicit the opinions of other Wikipedians.
- It seems to be a comprehensive enunciation of that point of view.
- BROWN: But to Lars 'point, to Lar's point, Gloria, let's play devil's advocate, why are we demonizing all lobbyists?
- Thom: And back to Chris Hedges 'point, and the larger point of is the planet melting down, are we melting down, and is it because of the way we think?
- Shkedy's team uses the Bible as a starting point to see what animals were once in Israel, reading the Scriptures with a conservationists 'point of view.
- AMY HOLMES, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: On Rowland's point and Bill 'point, I agree a lot of his speech was inspiring and the type of rhetoric we love as fellow Americans.
- "" We're trying to tell players that once you go past the point of [impasse], it's difficult to put the yolk back in the egg, '' said the Boston Red Sox's John Harrington, the owners 'point man.
- Thus, while Zeno accepts Socrates 'point that his own arguments aim to show that there are not many things, he corrects Socrates' impression that, in arguing this point, he was just saying the same thing as Parmenides in a different form.
- The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants from any 'point source' to waters of the United States unless authorized under a permit that is issued by EPA or a qualified state, and the act expressly defines CAFOs as point sources.
- They had this thing called 'point of information 'where they get up and say point of information, and the speaker can choose to accept or decline, and the WA side did it so often, I swear it was just like the speaker had to just keep waving his arm in a' sit down 'motion.
- BROWN: Go ahead, David, but to address this point about whether or not the players have leverage really or, as to James 'point earlier, would the owners actually decide, you know, if this turned into something, like, hey, we don't want to deal with this; who needs the controversy?
- I want to just make one point about Paul's point -- James 'point, excuse me, and that it's not just Democrats that are -- excuse me, Republicans that are fired up this way and making these horrible statements like the one woman and even the gentleman who shouted "terrorist," listen, let me show you some of the e-mails that I get from the fired up left and Obama supporters.