Meaning of point | Babel Free

Definitions

1. point (a specific spot, location, or place)
2. A small dot or mark.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
   countable, uncountable
4. USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York.
   informal
5. A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state.
6. A surname from French.
7. A small dot or mark. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
8. point (a unit of scoring)
9. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
   countable, uncountable
10. A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
11. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
12. Irrelevant to the matter at hand.
13. point (a full stop or period)
14. A minor city in Rains County, Texas, United States.
15. A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
    countable, uncountable
16. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark
17. Having relevance or pertinence.
18. point (a decimal mark)
19. A coastal settlement in Feock parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8138).
20. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
    countable, uncountable
21. A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud)
22. With reference to; in the matter of: In point of fact, I never lived at the address stated on the form.
23. stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture)
24. 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.
    countable, uncountable
25. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc
26. To consider or treat (an action or activity) as indispensable: made a point of visiting their niece on the way home.
27. A note; a tune.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
28. To make an exception.
29. A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
    countable, uncountable
30. Concerning or with relevance to the matter at hand: remarks that were to the point; rambled and would not speak to the point.
31. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
    countable, uncountable
32. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
    countable, uncountable
33. A geometric object having no dimensions and no property other than its location. The intersection of two lines is a point.
34. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
    countable, uncountable
35. A unit of length, used especially by printers, approximately equal to 1⁄72 in.
36. Condition, state.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
37. To accord emphasis to:accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, stress, underline, underscore.
38. A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
    countable, uncountable
39. having a sharp end. a pointed nose; pointed shoes. gepunte مُحَدَّد، مُسَنَّن، مُسْتَدَق остър pontiagudo špičatý Spitz-... spids μυτερόςpuntiagudo terav(a ninaga) نوک تیز terävä pointuמחודד नुकीला oštar, šiljat hegyes runcing oddmjór aguzzo, a punta とがった 끝이 뾰족한 smailas smails; spics mancung; tajam hujungnya puntigspiss, kvass, skarp szpiczasty تيز pontudo ascuţit острый špicatý, ostrý koničast špicast spetsig, vass แหลมคม sivri 尖的 шпилястий; загострений نوکيلا thẳng 尖的
40. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
    US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable
41. A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
    countable, uncountable
42. A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
    countable, uncountable
43. The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
44. A tiny amount of time; a moment.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
45. A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
    countable, uncountable
46. A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
    countable, uncountable
47. The chief or excellent features.
    countable, dated, in-plural, uncountable
48. An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
    countable, plural-normally, uncountable
49. A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
    countable, uncountable
50. Ellipsis of percentage point.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
51. A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
    countable, uncountable
52. A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
    countable, uncountable
53. A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
    countable, uncountable
54. 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).
    countable, uncountable
55. An electric power socket.
    UK, countable, uncountable
56. A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
    countable, uncountable
57. A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
    UK, countable, uncountable
58. 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.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
59. A sharp extremity.
    countable, uncountable
60. The sharp tip of an object.
    countable, uncountable
61. Any projecting extremity of an object.
    countable, uncountable
62. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
    countable, uncountable
63. A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
    countable, uncountable
64. A vaccine point.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
65. Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
    countable, uncountable
66. A peninsula or promontory.
    countable, uncountable
67. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
    countable, uncountable
68. An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
69. Ellipsis of point man.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
70. Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
    countable, uncountable
71. The difference between two points of the compass.
    countable, uncountable
72. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
    countable, uncountable
73. A railroad switch.
    UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable
74. A tine or snag of an antler.
    countable, uncountable
75. 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.)
    countable, uncountable
76. An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
    broadly, countable, uncountable
77. The act of pointing.
    countable, uncountable
78. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
    countable, uncountable
79. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
    countable, uncountable
80. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
    countable, uncountable
81. The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
    countable, uncountable
82. A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
    countable, uncountable
83. A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
    countable, uncountable
84. A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
    countable, historical, uncountable
85. Lace worked by the needle.
    countable, uncountable
86. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
    countable, uncountable
87. A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
    countable, uncountable
88. The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
    countable, uncountable
89. The position of the pitcher and catcher.
    countable, uncountable
90. A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.”

“Commas and points they set exactly right.”

“10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half.”

“0.375 cm is nought point three seven five of a centimeter.”

“Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.”

“The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.”

“There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.”

“At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.”

“She was not feeling in good point.”

“I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.”

“The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.”

“Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.”

“But I love you / More than I wanted to / There's no point in trying to pretend”

“We're all gonna die What's the point in life What's the point in life if we all die?”

“full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point.”

“When time's first point begun / Made he all souls.”

“We should meet at a pre-arranged point.”

“Logic isn't my strong point.”

“the points of a horse”

“Knowledge was always useful, and he had frequently heard the words 'Great Portland Street' on the lips of his son, who regularly perused all the twelve automobilistic papers, and who was apparently the most learned pundit and inclusive encyclopædia ever created on the subject of petrol-driven vehicles, their prices, and their innumerable points.”

“The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.”

“Possession is nine points of the law.”

“We have yet to touch on the idea of stars and directors receiving gross points, which is a percentage of the studio's gross dollar (e.g., the $5.00 studio share of the total box office dollar in Table 4.1). Even if the points are paid on "first dollar," the reference is only to studio share.”

“The one with the most points will win the game.”

“This attack deals 320 points of damage.”

“Defeating the boss grants 60 experience points.”

“Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!”

“Cut the skin with the point of the knife.”

“Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes”

“His cowboy belt was studded with points.”

“Solutrean points resemble the canines of the sabre-toothed cats.”

“Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.”

“"When do we pull the trigger?" he asked. I was quick to respond, "If Tammy get's Mrs. Wellington to agree, she'll call you in a couple hours. Then just pull out all stops. Tammy has point on this, I don't want to hear from you unless it's an all clear."”

“The president’s senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, has been point on immigration policy.”

“He captained Regis High School’s 1958 squad, but now runs point on infectious diseases.”

“Instead of one point-person taking all the parents’ questions, WPSD has “put together coaches and ambassadors to handle calls so one person doesn’t have to handle 2,500 calls,” Woolf said.”

“to fall off a point”

“There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinite point with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call coming often?"”

“I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.”

“The point, according to Edmondson, (meaning the point pointed,) is an ordinary somewhat resembling the pile, issuing from the base, as in Plate VII. fig. 24, and is sometimes termed a base point pointed, but the word base is superfluous, as that is the proper place of the point;[…]”

“[…] DCDP children are exposed to more points and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment […]”

“The dog came to a point.”

“tierce point”

“pick your purse while they tie your points, and cut your throat while they smooth your pillow”

“point de Venise; Brussels point”

“And I to make all knovv, I am not ſhallovv, / VVill have my points of Cucchineale and yellovv.”

“He wore a garb rather fanciful, of a silver-grey colour, trimmed with crimson, and a narrow edging of silver; the lace round his throat was of the finest point; […]”

“Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.”

“Cornwall County Council asked for a decision on objections raised by property owners to its proposal to convert the site of the railway into a public road for a distance of 1 mile 86 yards from Devoran to Point (Restronguet Creek).”

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