Quotes about "point"

• Noun: a geometric element that has position but no extension; example: "a point is defined by its coordinates"

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

• Noun: a brief version of the essential meaning of something; examples: "get to the point", "he missed the point of the joke", "life has lost its point"

• Noun: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; examples: "a remarkable degree of frankness", "at what stage are the social sciences?"

• Noun: an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; examples: "several of the details are similar", "a point of information"

• Noun: an instant of time; example: "at that point I had to leave"

• Noun: the object of an activity; example: "what is the point of discussing it?"

• Noun: a V shape; example: "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

• Noun: a very small circular shape; examples: "a row of points", "draw lines between the dots"

• Noun: the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; examples: "he scored 20 points in the first half", "a touchdown counts 6 points"

• Noun: a promontory extending out into a large body of water; example: "they sailed south around the point"

• Noun: a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; examples: "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"

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

• Noun: an outstanding characteristic; example: "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

• Noun: sharp end; examples: "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree", "he broke the point of his pencil"

• Noun: any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; example: "he checked the point on his compass"

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

• Noun: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; example: "in England they call a period a stop"

• Noun: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; example: "the point of the arrow was due north"

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

• Noun: a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; example: "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"

• Noun: the gun muzzle's direction; example: "he held me up at the point of a gun"

• Noun: a wall socket

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

• Verb: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; examples: "I showed the customer the glove section", "He pointed to the empty parking space", "he indicated his opponents"

• Verb: be oriented; examples: "The weather vane points North", "the dancers toes pointed outward"

• Verb: direct into a position for use; examples: "point a gun", "He charged his weapon at me"

• Verb: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• Verb: be a signal for or a symptom of; examples: "These symptoms indicate a serious illness", "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis", "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

• Verb: sail close to the wind

• Verb: mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics

• Verb: mark with diacritics; example: "point the letter"

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

• Verb: be positionable in a specified manner; example: "The gun points with ease"

• Verb: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; examples: "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face", "criticism directed at her superior", "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

• Verb: give a point to; example: "The candles are tapered"

• Verb: repair the joints of bricks; example: "point a chimney"