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| Sounds | poy'nt |
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| Rhymes | anoint, appoint, ballpoint, and 15 more rhymes in oynt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A geometric element that has position but no extension. |
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| Examples | "a point is defined by its coordinates" |
| Narrower | attractor, attracter; intersection, intersection point, point of intersection; intercept |
| Broader | component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient |
| Meaning | The precise location of something. A spatially limited location. |
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| Examples | "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| Narrower | punctum; blind spot, optic disc, optic disk; navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus; McBurney's point; node; antinode; beginning, origin, root, rootage, source; celestial point; center, centre, midpoint; trichion, crinion; chokepoint; corner; crossing; focus; geographic point, geographical point; ground zero; hot spot, hotspot; midair; abutment; position, place; position; pressure point; military position, position; corner; topographic point, place, spot; vanishing point; focus, focal point; hilum; focus, focal point, nidus |
| Broader | location |
| Adjectives | point-of-sale |
| Meaning | A brief version of the essential meaning of something. |
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| Examples | "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point" |
| Narrower | bottom line; crux, crux of the matter; rallying point; talking point |
| Broader | meaning, significance, signification, import |
| Meaning | A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process. |
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| Synonyms | degree, level, stage |
| Narrower | ladder; acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top; extent; resultant, end point; standard of living, standard of life; plane; state of the art; ultimacy, ultimateness; quickening; climax |
| Broader | state |
| Meaning | An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole. |
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| Examples | "a point of information" |
| Synonyms | detail, item |
| Narrower | minutia; nook and cranny, nooks and crannies; respect, regard; sticking point; technicality, trifle, triviality |
| Broader | fact |
| Meaning | An instant of time. |
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| Examples | "at that point I had to leave" |
| Synonyms | point in time |
| Narrower | distance; date; deadline; arrival time, time of arrival; departure time, time of departure; midterm; term, full term; midterm; moment, minute, second, instant; run-time; beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset; middle; end, ending; phase, phase angle; show time; then |
| Broader | measure, quantity, amount |
| Meaning | The object of an activity. |
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| Examples | "what is the point of discussing it?" |
| Broader | aim, object, objective, target |
| Meaning | A V shape. |
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| Examples | "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
| Synonyms | tip, peak |
| Part of | alpenstock; arrowhead; knife; pencil; sword, blade, brand, steel; cone, conoid, cone shape |
| Narrower | widow's peak; cusp; head |
| Broader | convex shape, convexity |
| Verbs | point |
| Meaning | A very small circular shape. |
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| Examples | "a row of points" |
| Synonyms | dot |
| Broader | disk, disc, saucer |
| Verbs | point; point; point |
| Meaning | The unit of counting in scoring a game or contest. |
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| Examples | "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" |
| Part of | score |
| Narrower | advantage; set point; match point |
| Broader | unit of measurement, unit |
| Meaning | A promontory extending out into a large body of water. |
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| Examples | "they sailed south around the point" |
| Broader | promontory, headland, foreland |
| Meaning | A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list. |
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| Examples | "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" |
| Synonyms | item |
| Part of | list, listing |
| Narrower | agenda item; incidental; inventory item; line item; news item; place, position |
| Broader | part, portion, component part, component |
| Meaning | A style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect. |
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| Broader | relevance, relevancy |
| Meaning | An outstanding characteristic. |
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| Examples | "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" |
| Synonyms | spot |
| Broader | characteristic |
| Meaning | Sharp end. |
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| Examples | "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| Part of | awl; icepick, ice pick; knife; needle; pencil; pin |
| Narrower | arrowhead; barb; barb; cusp; diamond point; nib, pen nib; pike; pinpoint; spearhead, spearpoint, spear-point |
| Broader | end |
| Adjectives | sharp-pointed |
| Verbs | point |
| Meaning | Any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass. |
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| Examples | "he checked the point on his compass" |
| Synonyms | compass point |
| Narrower | cardinal compass point; north by east, NbE; north northeast, nor'-nor'-east, NNE; northeast by north, NEbN; northeast, nor'-east, NE; northeast by east, NEbE; east northeast, ENE; east by north, EbN; east by south, EbS; east southeast, ESE; southeast by east, SEbE; southeast, sou'-east, SE; southeast by south, SEbS; south southeast, sou'-sou'-east, SSE; south by east, SbE; south by west, SbW; south southwest, sou'-sou'-west, SSW; southwest by south, SWbS; southwest, sou'-west, SW; southwest by west, SWbW; west southwest, WSW; west by south, WbS; west by north, WbN; west northwest, WNW; northwest by west, NWbW; northwest, nor'-west, NW; northwest by north, NWbN; north northwest, nor'-nor'-west, NNW; north by west, NbW |
| Broader | direction |
| Meaning | A linear unit used to measure the size of type. Approximately 1/72 inch. |
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| Part of | em, pica em, pica |
| Broader | linear unit |
| Meaning | A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations. |
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| Synonyms | period, full stop, stop, full point |
| Narrower | suspension point |
| Broader | punctuation, punctuation mark |
| Verbs | point; point; point |
| Meaning | A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer. |
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| Examples | "the point of the arrow was due north" |
| Synonyms | head |
| Part of | arrow, pointer |
| Broader | mark |
| Meaning | The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point. |
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| Synonyms | pointedness |
| Broader | taper |
| Contrary | unpointedness |
| Verbs | point |
| Meaning | A distinguishing or individuating characteristic. |
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| Examples | "he knows my bad points as well as my good points" |
| Narrower | selling point |
| Broader | characteristic |
| Meaning | The gun muzzle's direction. |
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| Examples | "he held me up at the point of a gun" |
| Synonyms | gunpoint |
| Broader | gun muzzle, muzzle |
| Verbs | point |
| Meaning | A wall socket. |
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| Synonyms | power point |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Broader | wall socket, wall plug, electric outlet, electrical outlet, outlet, electric receptacle |
| Meaning | A contact in the distributor. As the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs. |
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| Synonyms | distributor point, breaker point |
| Part of | distributor, distributer, electrical distributor |
| Broader | contact, tangency |
| Meaning | Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing. Either spatially or figuratively. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "He pointed to the empty parking space" |
| Synonyms | indicate, show |
| Narrower | finger; signalize, signalise, point out, call attention; reflect |
| Broader | inform |
| Participle | pointing |
| Nouns | pointer; pointer; pointer |
| Meaning | Be oriented. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "The weather vane points North" |
| Synonyms | orient |
| Caused by | orient |
| Broader | lie |
| Nouns | pointer; pointer |
| Meaning | Direct into a position for use. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "point a gun" |
| Synonyms | charge, level |
| Broader | aim, take, train, take aim, direct |
| Similar to | point |
| Meaning | Direct the course. Determine the direction of travelling. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, head, guide, channelize, channelise |
| Category | driving |
| Narrower | dock; sheer; pull over; crab; navigate; stand out; starboard; conn; navigate, pilot; channel, canalize, canalise; corner; park |
| Broader | control, command |
| Meaning | Be a signal for or a symptom of. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis" |
| Synonyms | bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal |
| Narrower | bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict; mark |
| Broader | tell |
| Meaning | Sail close to the wind. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | luff |
| Category | navigation, pilotage, piloting |
| Broader | sail |
| Meaning | Mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | tag, label, mark |
| Nouns | point; point |
| Meaning | Mark with diacritics. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "point the letter" |
| Broader | tag, label, mark |
| Nouns | point; point |
| Meaning | Mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | tag, label, mark |
| Nouns | point; point |
| Meaning | Be positionable in a specified manner. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun |
| Examples | "The gun points with ease" |
| Broader | be |
| Similar to | charge, level, point |
| Nouns | pointer; pointer; point; pointer |
| Meaning | Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | target, aim, place, direct |
| Narrower | address; range in, home in, zero in |
| Broader | aim, take, train, take aim, direct |
| Meaning | Give a point to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | sharpen, taper |
| Narrower | acuminate |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform |
| Nouns | point; point; point |
| Meaning | Repair the joints of bricks. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "point a chimney" |
| Synonyms | repoint |
| Broader | repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on |