point
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- It is the half-way point of the most popular walk on the island.
- That all-important point was the question of marriage or no marriage. Cited from Birds of Prey, by M.E. Braddon
- Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw.
- There are also times when the story is told from a third person point of view.
- The story is told from the first person point of view.
- By the end of June the half-way point of the season had been reached.
- However, they may have married or had children by this point.
- At this break-even point, a company will experience no income or loss.
- These then are the two points that I wanted to make.
- There is no car park at the station, though there is a drop-off point.
- These games are played one after another, in matches of three, five, or seven points.
- The winner of the game is the player with the most points.
- They are arranged in a larger star that has six points.
- The break even point was several thousand copies above the number sold.
- This cut off point is on the close enough.
- A new person is pointed at as each word is said.
- Points in this straight line run into the fixed point.
- Points are used to rank the teams within a group.
- The individual, rather than the community or institutions, was the point of reference.
- The team that has scored the most points at the end of play wins the game.
How point gets used
- this point
- that point
- at some point
- on the point
- which point
- from the point
- any point
- point of view
- one point
- to the point
- highest point
- at that point
- starting point
- at the point
- turning point
- West Point
- focal point
- point sur lequel
- point guard Jason Kidd
- point de vue
- point fuel injection
- point du jour
- Point Naval Shipyard
- point sweep-out landslide
- Point du Sable
Words starting with point
Synonyms of point
Meaning of point
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A geometric element that has position but no extension
→ a point is defined by its coordinates -
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The precise location of something; a spatially limited location
→ she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street -
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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 -
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An instant of time
→ at that point I had to leave -
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The object of an activity
→ what is the point of discussing it? -
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A v shape
→ the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points -
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A very small circular shape
→ a row of points, draw lines between the dots -
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The unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
→ he scored 20 points in the first half, a touchdown counts 6 points -
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A promontory extending out into a large body of water
→ they sailed south around the point - noun A style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
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An outstanding characteristic
→ his acting was one of the high points of the movie -
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Sharp end
→ he stuck the point of the knife into a tree, he broke the point of his pencil - 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
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A v-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
→ the point of the arrow was due north - noun The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
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A distinguishing or individuating characteristic
→ he knows my bad points as well as my good points -
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The gun muzzle's direction
→ he held me up at the point of a gun - noun A wall socket
- verb Mark (hebrew words) with diacritics
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verb
Mark with diacritics
→ point the letter - verb Mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
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verb
Be positionable in a specified manner
→ The gun points with ease -
verb
Indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
→ the dog pointed the dead duck -
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Repair the joints of bricks
→ point a chimney
