In sentence: - "He pointed his telescope at the moon. Teleskopunu aya çevirdi." , "He pointed out the problem to us. Soruna dikkatimizi çekti." , "She pointed at her left foot. Sol ayağını işaret etti." , "That´s not my point. Demek istediğim o değil. the point of the story hikâyenin anlatmak istediği şey." , "There´s not much point in going there personally. Oraya bizzat gitmenin pek anlamı yok."
Etymology: [ point ] (noun.) 13th century. From Middle English point, from Old French point (“a point, dot, full stop, period, speck, hole, stitch, point of time, moment, difficulty, etc.”), from Latin punctum (“a point, puncture”), prop. a hole punched in, substantive use of punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick, punch”). Displaced native Middle English ord "point" (from Old English ord "point").
Synonyms: location, place, position, spot, moment, time, end, tip, decimal point, opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint, mark, bit, count, dot, fleck, flyspeck
To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction, To repair by removing and replacing loose mortar, To repair mortar, To draw attention to something or indicate a direction, A sharp extremity, To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it, To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory, A discrete division of something, To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name, be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease", sail close to the wind, mark with diacritics; "point the letter", 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", be oriented; "The weather vane points North", 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", mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes, direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me", direct the course; determine the direction of travelling, A one-time charge by the lender for originating a loan A point is 1 percent of the amount of the mortgage, an amount equal to one percent of the principal amount of an investment or note Loan discount points are a one time charge assessed at closing by the lender to increase the yield on the mortgage loan, a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs, Also called discount point It is a one-time charge due at closing (see Closing) One point is one percent of your loan For example, if your loan is for $100,000, two points is $2,000 By paying points, you increase your initial costs in order to decrease your interest rate Sometimes the seller will split the cost of the points with you, A "point" represents a fee collected by lenders to lower the interest rate you pay on your loan One point equals one percent of the loan amount That means if you borrow $150,000 and pay one point, the point equals $1,500 Points are, in effect, pre-paid interest As a general rule, if you pay more points, the interest rate will be lower, (fonts): Describes type size in proportional fonts One point is 1/72 in Refers to type height from the bottom of the descenders (the bottom of a g) to the top of the ascenders (generally the top of capital letters ) Newsprint is about 10 point, give a point to; "The candles are tapered", An amount equal to 1 percent of the principal amount of an investment or note Loan discount points are a one-time charge assessed at closing by the lender to increase the yield on the mortgage loan to a competitive position with other types of investments, 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", 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 case in point: see case in point of fact: see fact to point the finger at someone: see finger a sore point: see sore. boiling point critical point freezing point melting point metal point Old Point Comfort Point Four Program West Point zero point energy, a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates", 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?", If you say that something is true up to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true. `Was she good?' --- `Mmm. Up to a point.', Something that is to the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time. The description which he had been given was brief and to the point, If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way. She made a point of spending as much time as possible away from Osborne House, If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it. He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang She looked on the point of tears, an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information", a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points", 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", the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point, the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun", 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", An amount equal to 1 percent of the principal amount of the investment or note The lender assesses loan discount points at closing to increase the yield on the mortgage to a position competitive with other types of investments, a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect, a wall socket, Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion occur Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one character The terminal's cursor (q v ) indicates the location of point See section Basic Editing, a fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover, A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions, An angle equivalent to eleven and a quarter degrees, that is 1/32 of a circle. Most commonly used to indicate a relative bearing to an object or vessel, but can be used to describe a compass bearing, One of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played, A unit of measure of success or failure in a game or competition; the unit of scoring, A peninsula, A decimal point (used when reading decimal fractions aloud), a device by which trains change tracks; switch, The color/colour on the extremities of an animal (typically darker or richer) than the rest of the coat), On the Internet, to direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name, berg, In a computer program, to direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory, The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force, The sharp tip of an object, A particular moment in an event or occurrence, An opinion which adds (or supposedly adds) to the discussion, Equal to one percent of the total amount of a loan The lender charges it to increase the yield on the loan to be competitive with other types of investments It is also called "discount points " Usually borrowers can raise or lower the interest rate on their loan by paying fewer or greater numbers of points up front Your loan officer can discuss the various options, A one-time charge paid by a borrower at closing to receive a lower rate Each point is one percent of the mortgage amount, If you make your point or prove your point, you prove that something is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour. I think you've made your point, dear The tie-break proved the point, A unit of measure in typography There are approximately 72 points to the inch A pica is 12 points, A point is a unit of measurement There were two different definitions for "point" in common usage before the advent of computers The one in use in the Anglo-Saxon printing world was the "pica point" with 72 27 points per inch ( 2 85pt /mm ), while the one used in Europe was the didot point with 62 2/3 points per 23 566mm ( 2 66pt/mm or 67 54pt/inch ) These two points were so arranged that text at a given point-size would have approximately the same cap-height in both systems, the didot point would have extra white-space above the capitals to contain the accents present in most non-English Latin based scripts This has the interesting side effect that a font designed for European usage should have a smaller proportion of the vertical em given over to the text body I believe that computer fonts tend to ignore this, so presumably european printers now set with more leading As far as I can tell, computers tend to work in pica points (but this may be because I am in the US), 1 A single x,y coordinate that represents a geographic feature too small to be displayed as a line or area; for example, the location of a mountain peak or a building location on a small-scale map 2 A coverage feature class used to represent point features or to identify polygons It is not possible to have point and polygon features in the same coverage When representing point features, the x,y location of the label point describes the location of the feature When identifying polygons, the label point can be located anywhere within the polygon Attributes for points are stored in a PAT, Also called "commission points" or "discount points " One percent of the amount of the loan, The amount paid to the lender to secure a lower interest rate A point is equal to 1 percent of the loan amount Back to alphabetical list, In the case of shares of stock, a point means $1 If ABC shares rise 3 points, each share has risen $3 In the case of bonds a point means $10, since a bond is quoted as a percentage of $1,000 A bond that rises 3 points gains 3% in $1,000, or $30 in value An advance from 87 to 90 would mean an advance in dollar value from $870 to $900 In the case of market averages, the word point means merely that and no more If, for example, the NYSE Composite Index rises from 90 25 to 91 25, it has risen a point A point in this index, however, is not equivalent to $1, A one-time charge by the lender or broker for originating a loan A point is one percent of the total loan amount An amount equal to 1 percent of the loan amount Points may be paid by the borrower at the time the loan is made to get a lower interest rate Lenders offer various rate/point combinations Sometimes called a loan origination fee, a zero-dimensional object that specifies geometric location One coordinate pair or triplet specifies the location Area point, entity point, and label point are special implementations of the general case, A location or place, Prepaid interest assessed at closing by the lender Each point is an amount equal to one percent of the principal amount of a mortgage For example, if you get a mortgage for $80,000, one point means you pay $800 to the lender Lenders frequently charge points in both fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages in order to increase the yield on the mortgage and to cover loan closing costs These points usually are collected at closing and may be paid by the borrower or the home seller, or may be split between them, One point equals 1% of the mortgage loan amount Fees associated with mortgage loans are often calculated in points Back to top, A point is 1 percent of the amount of the mortgage, Fee charged by the lender equal to one percentage of the amount borrowed to increase the yield on the mortgage loan, The member of the surveillance team who is following the target from the closest position, the point position, When someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them. Was she ever going to get to the point?, A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; called also vaccine point, To approximate to the surface; to head; said of an abscess, To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do, To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool, One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind, The first practical system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in Europe (see Braille), Two modifications of this are current in the United States: New York point founded on three bases of equidistant points arranged in two lines viz, ), and a later improvement, American Braille, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the New-York-point principle of using the characters of few points for the commonest letters, In various games, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player himself; The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goal keeper; also, the player himself, To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; with at, To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface, Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral, To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort, A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil, To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition, Hence, to direct the attention or notice of, To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game, To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out, To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points, A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run, The position of the pitcher and catcher, a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points", 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 brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point", a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots", an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave", mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics, mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes mark with diacritics; "point the letter", repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney", a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north", the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street", Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions, sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil", The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover, a wall socket the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun", an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie", the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?", 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 point a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates", sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" a wall socket the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun" an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" 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 point a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates" the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?" 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" a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" 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 linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" 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, A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio, You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something. We're all going to die at some point At this point Diana arrived It got to the point where he had to leave, The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it, In spoken English, you use point to refer to the dot or mark in a decimal number that separates the whole numbers from the fractions. Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years, In some sports, competitions, and games, a point is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score. They lost the 1977 World Cup final to Australia by a single point, A point is a particular place or position where something happens. The pain originated from a point in his right thigh, A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone. The most interesting point about the village was its religion Science was never my strong point at school, If you say that someone has a point, or if you take their point, you mean that you accept that what they have said is important and should be considered. `If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?' She had a point there, The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest. `Did I ask you to talk to me?' --- `That's not the point.' The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this, If you ask what the point of something is, or say that there is no point in it, you are indicating that a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful. What was the point of thinking about him? There was no point in staying any longer, The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West. Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass, On a railway track, the points are the levers and rails at a place where two tracks join or separate. The points enable a train to move from one track to another. the rattle of the wheels across the points, If you point to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists. George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed, When builders point a wall, they put a substance such as cement into the gaps between the bricks or stones in order to make the wall stronger and seal it. see also pointed, breaking point, focal point, point of sale, point of view, power point, sticking point, vantage point, If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing. Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point. = irrelevant, If something points to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur. Private polls and embassy reports pointed to a no vote, If something points to a place or points in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction. An arrow pointed to the toilets You can go anywhere and still the compass points north or south, A point is an electric socket. too far away from the nearest electrical point, If you point at a person or thing, you hold out your finger towards them in order to make someone notice them. I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me He pointed to a chair, signalling for her to sit, If you point something at someone, you aim the tip or end of it towards them. David Khan pointed his finger at Mary A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger, the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote, You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written. We disagree with every point Mr Blunkett makes The following tale will clearly illustrate this point, a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp, A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc, An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge, Specifically: Geom, a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion, Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints, the essential matter; esp, Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc, That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc, spot, pinpoint; tip, prong; essence, gist; intention; matter; small measurement used to measure font size (Computers), That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced, An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; called also pointer, That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp, To appoint, Anything which tapers to a sharp, well- defined termination, the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin, Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line, The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick, An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed, indicate; emphasize; sharpen; direct, pt, punctum, pts, point in the direction of, cacuminous,
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To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction - "If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator."
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To repair by removing and replacing loose mortar
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To repair mortar - "It's rude to point at other people."
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To draw attention to something or indicate a direction
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A sharp extremity - "cricket A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover."
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To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it
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To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory
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A discrete division of something - "UK An electric power socket."
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To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name
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be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"
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sail close to the wind
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mark with diacritics; "point the letter"
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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"
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be oriented; "The weather vane points North"
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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"
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mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
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direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
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direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
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A one-time charge by the lender for originating a loan A point is 1 percent of the amount of the mortgage
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an amount equal to one percent of the principal amount of an investment or note Loan discount points are a one time charge assessed at closing by the lender to increase the yield on the mortgage loan
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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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Also called discount point It is a one-time charge due at closing (see Closing) One point is one percent of your loan For example, if your loan is for $100,000, two points is $2,000 By paying points, you increase your initial costs in order to decrease your interest rate Sometimes the seller will split the cost of the points with you
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A "point" represents a fee collected by lenders to lower the interest rate you pay on your loan One point equals one percent of the loan amount That means if you borrow $150,000 and pay one point, the point equals $1,500 Points are, in effect, pre-paid interest As a general rule, if you pay more points, the interest rate will be lower
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(fonts): Describes type size in proportional fonts One point is 1/72 in Refers to type height from the bottom of the descenders (the bottom of a g) to the top of the ascenders (generally the top of capital letters ) Newsprint is about 10 point
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give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
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An amount equal to 1 percent of the principal amount of an investment or note Loan discount points are a one-time charge assessed at closing by the lender to increase the yield on the mortgage loan to a competitive position with other types of investments
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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"
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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"
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a case in point: see case in point of fact: see fact to point the finger at someone: see finger a sore point: see sore. boiling point critical point freezing point melting point metal point Old Point Comfort Point Four Program West Point zero point energy
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a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
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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?"
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If you say that something is true up to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true. `Was she good?' --- `Mmm. Up to a point.'
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Something that is to the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time. The description which he had been given was brief and to the point
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If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way. She made a point of spending as much time as possible away from Osborne House
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If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it. He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang She looked on the point of tears
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an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
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a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
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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"
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the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
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the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"
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a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
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any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
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An amount equal to 1 percent of the principal amount of the investment or note The lender assesses loan discount points at closing to increase the yield on the mortgage to a position competitive with other types of investments
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a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
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a wall socket
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Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion occur Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one character The terminal's cursor (q v ) indicates the location of point See section Basic Editing
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a fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover
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A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions
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An angle equivalent to eleven and a quarter degrees, that is 1/32 of a circle. Most commonly used to indicate a relative bearing to an object or vessel, but can be used to describe a compass bearing
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One of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played
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A unit of measure of success or failure in a game or competition; the unit of scoring
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A peninsula
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A decimal point (used when reading decimal fractions aloud)
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a device by which trains change tracks; switch
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The color/colour on the extremities of an animal (typically darker or richer) than the rest of the coat)
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On the Internet, to direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name
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In a computer program, to direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory
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The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force
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The sharp tip of an object
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A particular moment in an event or occurrence
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An opinion which adds (or supposedly adds) to the discussion
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Equal to one percent of the total amount of a loan The lender charges it to increase the yield on the loan to be competitive with other types of investments It is also called "discount points " Usually borrowers can raise or lower the interest rate on their loan by paying fewer or greater numbers of points up front Your loan officer can discuss the various options
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A one-time charge paid by a borrower at closing to receive a lower rate Each point is one percent of the mortgage amount
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If you make your point or prove your point, you prove that something is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour. I think you've made your point, dear The tie-break proved the point
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A unit of measure in typography There are approximately 72 points to the inch A pica is 12 points
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A point is a unit of measurement There were two different definitions for "point" in common usage before the advent of computers The one in use in the Anglo-Saxon printing world was the "pica point" with 72 27 points per inch ( 2 85pt /mm ), while the one used in Europe was the didot point with 62 2/3 points per 23 566mm ( 2 66pt/mm or 67 54pt/inch ) These two points were so arranged that text at a given point-size would have approximately the same cap-height in both systems, the didot point would have extra white-space above the capitals to contain the accents present in most non-English Latin based scripts This has the interesting side effect that a font designed for European usage should have a smaller proportion of the vertical em given over to the text body I believe that computer fonts tend to ignore this, so presumably european printers now set with more leading As far as I can tell, computers tend to work in pica points (but this may be because I am in the US)
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1 A single x,y coordinate that represents a geographic feature too small to be displayed as a line or area; for example, the location of a mountain peak or a building location on a small-scale map 2 A coverage feature class used to represent point features or to identify polygons It is not possible to have point and polygon features in the same coverage When representing point features, the x,y location of the label point describes the location of the feature When identifying polygons, the label point can be located anywhere within the polygon Attributes for points are stored in a PAT
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Also called "commission points" or "discount points " One percent of the amount of the loan
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The amount paid to the lender to secure a lower interest rate A point is equal to 1 percent of the loan amount Back to alphabetical list
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In the case of shares of stock, a point means $1 If ABC shares rise 3 points, each share has risen $3 In the case of bonds a point means $10, since a bond is quoted as a percentage of $1,000 A bond that rises 3 points gains 3% in $1,000, or $30 in value An advance from 87 to 90 would mean an advance in dollar value from $870 to $900 In the case of market averages, the word point means merely that and no more If, for example, the NYSE Composite Index rises from 90 25 to 91 25, it has risen a point A point in this index, however, is not equivalent to $1
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A one-time charge by the lender or broker for originating a loan A point is one percent of the total loan amount An amount equal to 1 percent of the loan amount Points may be paid by the borrower at the time the loan is made to get a lower interest rate Lenders offer various rate/point combinations Sometimes called a loan origination fee
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a zero-dimensional object that specifies geometric location One coordinate pair or triplet specifies the location Area point, entity point, and label point are special implementations of the general case
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A location or place
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Prepaid interest assessed at closing by the lender Each point is an amount equal to one percent of the principal amount of a mortgage For example, if you get a mortgage for $80,000, one point means you pay $800 to the lender Lenders frequently charge points in both fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages in order to increase the yield on the mortgage and to cover loan closing costs These points usually are collected at closing and may be paid by the borrower or the home seller, or may be split between them
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One point equals 1% of the mortgage loan amount Fees associated with mortgage loans are often calculated in points Back to top
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A point is 1 percent of the amount of the mortgage
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Fee charged by the lender equal to one percentage of the amount borrowed to increase the yield on the mortgage loan
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The member of the surveillance team who is following the target from the closest position, the point position
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When someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them. Was she ever going to get to the point?
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A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; called also vaccine point
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To approximate to the surface; to head; said of an abscess
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To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do
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To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool
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One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind
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The first practical system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in Europe (see Braille)
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Two modifications of this are current in the United States: New York point founded on three bases of equidistant points arranged in two lines viz
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), and a later improvement, American Braille, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the New-York-point principle of using the characters of few points for the commonest letters
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In various games, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player himself; The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goal keeper; also, the player himself
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To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; with at
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To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface
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Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral
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To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort
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A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil
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To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition
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Hence, to direct the attention or notice of
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To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game
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To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out
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To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points
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A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run
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The position of the pitcher and catcher
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a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
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a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"
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the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"
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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"
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a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
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an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"
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mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
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mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes mark with diacritics; "point the letter"
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repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"
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a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
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the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
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Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions
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sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
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The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover
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a wall socket the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"
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an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
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the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?"
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a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
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the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
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sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" a wall socket the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun" an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" 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 point a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates" the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?" 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" a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" 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 linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave" repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" 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
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A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio
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You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something. We're all going to die at some point At this point Diana arrived It got to the point where he had to leave
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The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it
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In spoken English, you use point to refer to the dot or mark in a decimal number that separates the whole numbers from the fractions. Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years
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In some sports, competitions, and games, a point is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score. They lost the 1977 World Cup final to Australia by a single point
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A point is a particular place or position where something happens. The pain originated from a point in his right thigh
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A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone. The most interesting point about the village was its religion Science was never my strong point at school
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If you say that someone has a point, or if you take their point, you mean that you accept that what they have said is important and should be considered. `If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?' She had a point there
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The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest. `Did I ask you to talk to me?' --- `That's not the point.' The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this
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If you ask what the point of something is, or say that there is no point in it, you are indicating that a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful. What was the point of thinking about him? There was no point in staying any longer
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The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West. Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass
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On a railway track, the points are the levers and rails at a place where two tracks join or separate. The points enable a train to move from one track to another. the rattle of the wheels across the points
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If you point to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists. George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed
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When builders point a wall, they put a substance such as cement into the gaps between the bricks or stones in order to make the wall stronger and seal it. see also pointed, breaking point, focal point, point of sale, point of view, power point, sticking point, vantage point
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If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing. Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point. = irrelevant
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If something points to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur. Private polls and embassy reports pointed to a no vote
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If something points to a place or points in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction. An arrow pointed to the toilets You can go anywhere and still the compass points north or south
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A point is an electric socket. too far away from the nearest electrical point
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If you point at a person or thing, you hold out your finger towards them in order to make someone notice them. I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me He pointed to a chair, signalling for her to sit
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If you point something at someone, you aim the tip or end of it towards them. David Khan pointed his finger at Mary A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger
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the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote
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You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written. We disagree with every point Mr Blunkett makes The following tale will clearly illustrate this point
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a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp
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A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc
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An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge
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Specifically: Geom
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a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion
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Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints
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the essential matter; esp
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Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc
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That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc
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spot, pinpoint; tip, prong; essence, gist; intention; matter; small measurement used to measure font size (Computers) isim
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That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced
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An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; called also pointer
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That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp
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To appoint
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Anything which tapers to a sharp, well- defined termination
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the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin
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Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line
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The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick
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An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed
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