point

Noun

• a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

• a wall socket

• the gun muzzle's direction
  • he held me up at the point of a gun
    

• a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
  • he knows my bad points as well as my good points
    

• the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

• the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
  • the point of the arrow was due north
    

• 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
    

• 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

• a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch

• any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
  • he checked the point on his compass
    

• sharp end
  • he stuck the point of the knife into a tree
    
  • he broke the point of his pencil
    

• an outstanding characteristic
  • his acting was one of the high points of the movie
    

• a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect

• 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
    

• a promontory extending out into a large body of water
  • they sailed south around the point
    

• the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
  • he scored 20 points in the first half
    
  • a touchdown counts 6 points
    

• a very small circular shape
  • a row of points
    
  • draw lines between the dots
    

• a V shape
  • the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points
    

• the object of an activity
  • what is the point of discussing it?
    

• an instant of time
  • at that point I had to leave
    

• 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?
    

• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
  • several of the details are similar
    
  • a point of information
    

• 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
    

• the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
  • she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
    

• a geometric element that has position but no extension
  • a point is defined by its coordinates
    

Verb

• repair the joints of bricks
  • point a chimney
    

• give a point to
  • The candles are tapered
    

• indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
  • the dog pointed the dead duck
    

• 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
    

• be positionable in a specified manner
  • The gun points with ease
    

• mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes

• mark with diacritics
  • point the letter
    

• mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics

• sail close to the wind

• 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
    

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• direct into a position for use
  • point a gun
    
  • He charged his weapon at me
    

• be oriented
  • The weather vane points North
    
  • the dancers toes pointed outward
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  distributor point , breaker point , power point , gunpoint , pointedness , decimal point , percentage point , head , period , full stop , stop , full point , compass point , spot , item , dot , tip , peak , point in time , degree , level , stage , detail , repoint , sharpen , taper , target , aim , place , direc