English Explanatory Dictionary

point

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small dot or mark.
  2. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
  3. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
  4. A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
  5. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
  6. A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
  7. A note; a tune.
  8. A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
  9. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
  10. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
  11. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
  12. Condition, state.
intj
  1. point taken; understood; got it
verb
  1. To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
  2. To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
  3. To face in a particular direction.
  4. To direct toward an object; to aim.
  5. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
  6. To indicate a probability of something.
  7. To repair mortar.
  8. To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
  9. To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
  10. To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
  11. To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
  12. To mark with diacritics.
verb
  1. To appoint.
name
  1. USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York.
name
  1. A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state.
  2. A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. A minor city in Rains County, Texas, United States.
  4. A coastal settlement in Feock parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8138).
name
  1. A surname from French.

Pronunciation

point /pɔɪnt/ en-us-point.ogg en-au-point.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-point.wav

Word forms

point points p'int pointing pointed the Point

Etymology

From Middle English poynt, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, punch”); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle), all from Proto-Italic *pungō (“to sting, prick”). Mostly displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

Synonyms

location place position spot decimal point ord opinion point of view view viewpoint mark moment time end tip

Related words

point d'appui

Derived words

ability point ace point acupoint aimpoint all-points all-points bulletin all points of the compass antipoint arrowpoint arrow point articulation point assembly point at all points at some point at swords' points at the point of at this point at this point in time Autopoint bar point belabor the point belabour the point besides the point beside the point Bevan point binary point bipoint bladepoint blowpoint bluepoint branchpoint breakpoint breastpoint brown-point shield skin longirostris Brussels point bursting point call point carry one's point centerpoint changepoint chargepoint checkpoint checkpointless choke point chokepoint Clawson point closest point of approach codepoint colon-point colourpoint comma-point copoint counterpoint critical point drying crosspoint cutpoint cut point daggerpoint dashpoint de Longchamps point

Translations

Bulgarian: връх Bulgarian: румб Finnish: piikki Finnish: kärki Finnish: ilmansuunta French: pointe French: point Hungarian: ék Hungarian: égtáj Hungarian: világtáj Portuguese: ponta Portuguese: direção Afrikaans: punt Greek: σημείο Irish: rinn Irish: rinn compáis Irish: aird an chompáis Irish: aird Scots: airt Scottish Gaelic: àird Swedish: streck
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