Word: point Part of Speech: 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. Pronunciation: /pɔɪnt/ 1. A small dot or mark. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light. 2. A small dot or mark. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Commas and points they set exactly right. 3. A small dot or mark. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half. Example: 0.375 cm is nought point three seven five of a centimeter. 4. A small dot or mark. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A small dot or mark. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A small dot or mark. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war. 7. A small dot or mark. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Congress debated the finer points of the bill. 9. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up. Example: 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. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: She was not feeling in good point. 11. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I made the point that we all had an interest to protect. 12. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable 13. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens. 14. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: meaning, meaningfulness, use Example: Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion. 15. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 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. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: When time's first point begun / Made he all souls. 17. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We should meet at a pre-arranged point. 18. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Logic isn't my strong point. 19. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, dated, in-plural, uncountable Example: the points of a horse Example: 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. Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable Example: The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable. 21. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Possession is nine points of the law. 22. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: 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. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The one with the most points will win the game. 24. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This attack deals 320 points of damage. Example: Defeating the boss grants 60 experience points. 25. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable 27. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 28. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow! 29. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 30. A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable 31. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cut the skin with the point of the knife. Example: Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes 32. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable 33. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His cowboy belt was studded with points. 34. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Solutrean points resemble the canines of the sabre-toothed cats. 35. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 36. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable 37. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable 38. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: "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." Example: The president’s senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, has been point on immigration policy. 40. A sharp extremity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 41. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable 42. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to fall off a point 43. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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?" Example: And with an emphatic nod to give point to her self-possession Mrs. Larch vanished. 44. A sharp extremity. Labels: UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable 45. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable 46. A sharp extremity. Labels: countable, uncountable 47. A sharp extremity. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: 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. Labels: countable, uncountable 49. The act of pointing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] DCDP children are exposed to more points and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment […] 50. The act of pointing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The dog came to a point. 51. The act of pointing. Labels: countable, uncountable 52. The act of pointing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: tierce point 53. A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. Labels: countable, uncountable 54. A string or lace used to tie together certain garments. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: pick your purse while they tie your points, and cut your throat while they smooth your pillow 55. Lace worked by the needle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: point de Venise; Brussels point Example: 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. Labels: countable, uncountable 57. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position. Labels: countable, uncountable 58. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position. Labels: countable, uncountable 59. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position. Labels: countable, uncountable