Noun
1. a geometric element that has position but no extension;
"a point is defined by its coordinates"2. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location;
"she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"3. 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"4. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
"a remarkable degree of frankness""at what stage are the social sciences?"5. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;
"several of the details are similar""a point of information"6. an instant of time;
"at that point I had to leave"7. the object of an activity;
"what is the point of discussing it?"8. a V shape;
"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"9. a very small circular shape;
"a row of points""draw lines between the dots"10. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest;
"he scored 20 points in the first half""a touchdown counts 6 points"11. a promontory extending out into a large body of water;
"they sailed south around the point"12. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list;
"he noticed an item in the New York Times""she had several items on her shopping list""the main point on the agenda was taken up first"13. a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
14. an outstanding characteristic;
"his acting was one of the high points of the movie"15. sharp end;
"he stuck the point of the knife into a tree""he broke the point of his pencil"16. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass;
"he checked the point on his compass"17. a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
18. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
"in England they call a period a stop"19. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;
"the point of the arrow was due north"20. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
21. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic;
"he knows my bad points as well as my good points"22. the gun muzzle's direction;
"he held me up at the point of a gun"23. a wall socket
24. a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
Verb
1. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively;
"I showed the customer the glove section""He pointed to the empty parking space""he indicated his opponents"2. be oriented;
"The weather vane points North"3. direct into a position for use;
"point a gun""He charged his weapon at me"4. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
5. be a signal for or a symptom of;
"These symptoms indicate a serious illness""Her behavior points to a severe neurosis""The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"6. sail close to the wind
7. mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
8. mark with diacritics;
"point the letter"9. mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
10. be positionable in a specified manner;
"The gun points with ease"11. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
"He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face""criticism directed at her superior""direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"12. give a point to;
"The candles are tapered"13. repair the joints of bricks;
"point a chimney"