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Vinony

point

verb

  1. indicate a direction
  2. point
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noun

  1. unit of measure in a sports competition and games
  2. opinion of an individual (point of view)
  3. prefabricated argument (talking point)
  4. speak based upon pre-existing arguments (potentially provided by others)
  5. be certain to do/accomplish
  6. unit of scoring in a game
  7. tapering landform, projecting into a body of water
  8. measurement unit used in typography
  9. basketball unit of scoring accumulated by making field goals and free throws
  10. unit of measure in a sports competition and games
  11. fundamental object of geometry: locus within which we can distinguish no other locus than itself
  12. purpose of a discussion or proposal
  13. salient contention held by an interlocutor (having a point)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɔɪnt/

intj

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.

  1. point taken; understood; got it

name

Etymology: Probably an altered form of French Pons, see Ponce. It is also a variant of the English surname Points.

  1. A surname from French.

noun

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.

  1. A small dot or mark.

    “The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.”

  2. A small dot or mark.

    “Commas and points they set exactly right.”

  3. A small dot or mark.

    “10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half.”

    “0.375 cm is nought point three seven five of a centimeter.”

  4. A small dot or mark.
  5. A small dot or mark.
  6. A small dot or mark.

    “Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.”

  7. A small dot or mark.
  8. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.”

  9. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.”

    “At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.”

  10. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “She was not feeling in good point.”

  11. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.”

  12. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
  13. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.”

  14. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.”

    “I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.”

  15. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point.”

  16. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “When time's first point begun / Made he all souls.”

  17. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “We should meet at a pre-arranged point.”

  18. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “Logic isn't my strong point.”

  19. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “the points of a horse”

    “Knowledge was always useful, and he had frequently heard the words 'Great Portland Street' on the lips of his son, who regularly perused all the twelve automobilistic papers, and who was apparently the most learned pundit and inclusive encyclopædia ever created on the subject of petrol-driven vehicles, their prices, and their innumerable points.”

  20. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.”

  21. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “Possession is nine points of the law.”

  22. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “We have yet to touch on the idea of stars and directors receiving gross points, which is a percentage of the studio's gross dollar (e.g., the $5.00 studio share of the total box office dollar in Table 4.1). Even if the points are paid on "first dollar," the reference is only to studio share.”

  23. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “The one with the most points will win the game.”

  24. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “This attack deals 320 points of damage.”

    “Defeating the boss grants 60 experience points.”

  25. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
  26. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
  27. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
  28. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!”

  29. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
  30. A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
  31. A sharp extremity.

    “Cut the skin with the point of the knife.”

    “Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes”

  32. A sharp extremity.
  33. A sharp extremity.

    “His cowboy belt was studded with points.”

  34. A sharp extremity.

    “Solutrean points resemble the canines of the sabre-toothed cats.”

  35. A sharp extremity.
  36. A sharp extremity.
  37. A sharp extremity.
  38. A sharp extremity.

    “Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.”

  39. A sharp extremity.

    “"When do we pull the trigger?" he asked. I was quick to respond, "If Tammy get's Mrs. Wellington to agree, she'll call you in a couple hours. Then just pull out all stops. Tammy has point on this, I don't want to hear from you unless it's an all clear."”

    “The president’s senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, has been point on immigration policy.”

  40. A sharp extremity.
  41. A sharp extremity.
  42. A sharp extremity.

    “to fall off a point”

  43. A sharp extremity.

    “There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinite point with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call coming often?"”

    “And with an emphatic nod to give point to her self-possession Mrs. Larch vanished.”

  44. A sharp extremity.
  45. A sharp extremity.
  46. A sharp extremity.
  47. A sharp extremity.

    “The point, according to Edmondson, (meaning the point pointed,) is an ordinary somewhat resembling the pile, issuing from the base, as in Plate VII. fig. 24, and is sometimes termed a base point pointed, but the word base is superfluous, as that is the proper place of the point;[…]”

  48. The act of pointing.
  49. The act of pointing.

    “[…] DCDP children are exposed to more points and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment […]”

  50. The act of pointing.

    “The dog came to a point.”

  51. The act of pointing.
  52. The act of pointing.

    “tierce point”

  53. A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
  54. A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

    “pick your purse while they tie your points, and cut your throat while they smooth your pillow”

  55. Lace worked by the needle.

    “point de Venise; Brussels point”

    “And I to make all knovv, I am not ſhallovv, / VVill have my points of Cucchineale and yellovv.”

  56. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
  57. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
  58. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
  59. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English pointen, poynten, by apheresis of apointen, appointen, appoynten. See appoint.

  1. To appoint.

    “And he, that points the Centinel his room, Doth license him depart at sound of morning Droom.”