means | (noun) a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates" point |
means | (noun) the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" point |
means | (noun) 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" point |
means | (noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" point, detail, item |
means | (noun) 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?" stage, degree, level, point |
means | (noun) an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" point in time, point |
means | (noun) the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?" point |
means | (noun) a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" point, peak, tip |
means | (noun) a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" point, dot |
means | (noun) the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" point |
means | (noun) a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point" point |
means | (noun) 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" item, point |
means | (noun) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect point |
means | (noun) an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" spot, point |
means | (noun) sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" point |
means | (noun) any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass" point, compass point |
means | (noun) a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch point |
means | (noun) 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 point |
means | (noun) 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" stop, point, full stop, full point, period |
means | (noun) a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" point, head |
means | (noun) the dot at the left of a decimal fraction decimal point, point, percentage point |
means | (noun) the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip pointedness, point |
means | (noun) a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points" point |
means | (noun) the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun" point, gunpoint |
means | (noun) a wall socket point, power point |
means | (noun) a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs breaker point, distributor point, point |
means | (verb) 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" point, show, designate, indicate |
means | (verb) be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" orient, point |
means | (verb) direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" point, level, charge |
means | (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling direct, channelize, guide, channelise, maneuver, manoeuvre, head, steer, manoeuver, point |
means | (verb) 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" bespeak, signal, indicate, betoken, point |
means | (verb) sail close to the wind luff, point |
means | (verb) mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics point |
means | (verb) mark with diacritics; "point the letter" point |
means | (verb) mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes point |
means | (verb) be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease" point |
means | (verb) 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" point, place, target, aim, direct |
means | (verb) indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle; "the dog pointed the dead duck" point |
means | (verb) give a point to; "The candles are tapered" taper, sharpen, point |
means | (verb) repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" point, repoint |
means | e/Point (basketball) |
means | e/Point (coat color) |
means | e/Point (font) |
means | e/Point (ice hockey) |
means | e/Point (spatial) |