what does point mean?
POINT as NOUN
- 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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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- he stuck the point of the knife into a tree
- he broke the point of his pencil
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the gun muzzle’’s direction
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- he held me up at the point of a gun
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- an outstanding characteristic
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- his acting was one of the high points of the movie
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
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- he knows my bad points as well as my good points
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
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- several of the details are similar
- a point of information
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a geometric element that has position but no extension
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- a point is defined by its coordinates
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the object of an activity
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- what is the point of discussing it?
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
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- 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
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
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- get to the point
- he missed the point of the joke
- life has lost its point
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
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- the point of the arrow was due north
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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- in England they call a period a stop
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the precise location of something
- a spatially limited location
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- she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
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- they sailed south around the point
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
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- he scored 20 points in the first half
- a touchdown counts 6 points
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a linear unit used to measure the size of type
- approximately 1/72 inch
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
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- he checked the point on his compass
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the cannibal’’s teeth were filed to sharp points
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a very small circular shape
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- a row of points
- draw lines between the dots
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
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- a remarkable degree of frankness
- at what stage are the social sciences?
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- at that point I had to leave
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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POINT as VERB
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- repair the joints of bricks
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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- be a signal for or a symptom of
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- These symptoms indicate a serious illness
- Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
- The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing
- either spatially or figuratively
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- I showed the customer the glove section
- He pointed to the empty parking space
- he indicated his opponents
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
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- He aimed his fists towards his opponent’’s face
- criticism directed at her superior
- direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- direct into a position for use
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- point a gun
- He charged his weapon at me
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- be positionable in a specified manner
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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- direct the course
- determine the direction of travelling
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Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- The weather vane points North
Hypernyms(s) point is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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