point

nom

1. 1

   A small dot or mark. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.

   The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.

2. 2

   A small dot or mark. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.

   Commas and points they set exactly right.

3. 3

   A small dot or mark. A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).

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

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

4. 4

   A small dot or mark. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.

5. 5

   A small dot or mark. 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.

6. 6

   A small dot or mark. A note; a tune.

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

7. 7

   A small dot or mark. A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.

8. 8

   A small discrete division or individual feature of something. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.

   The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.

9. 9

   A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.

   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. 10

    archaïqueA small discrete division or individual feature of something. Condition, state.

    She was not feeling in good point.

11. 11

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count.

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

12. 12

    vieilliA small discrete division or individual feature of something. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

13. 13

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.

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

14. 14

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.

    Near-synonyms: meaning, meaningfulness, use

    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.

    But I love you / More than I wanted to / There's no point in trying to pretend

15. 15

    obsolèteA small discrete division or individual feature of something. The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.

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

16. 16

    obsolèteA small discrete division or individual feature of something. A tiny amount of time; a moment.

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

17. 17

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.

    We should meet at a pre-arranged point.

18. 18

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A distinguishing quality or characteristic.

    Logic isn't my strong point.

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    vieilliA small discrete division or individual feature of something. The chief or excellent features.

    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. 20

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.

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

21. 21

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.

    Possession is nine points of the law.

22. 22

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A unit of scoring in a game or competition.

    The one with the most points will win the game.

23. 23

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.

    This attack deals 320 points of damage.

    Defeating the boss grants 60 experience points.

24. 24

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.

25. 25

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).

26. 26

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. An electric power socket.

27. 27

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.

28. 28

    A small discrete division or individual feature of something. Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.

29. 29

    A sharp extremity. The sharp tip of an object.

    Cut the skin with the point of the knife.

    Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes

30. 30

    A sharp extremity. Any projecting extremity of an object.

31. 31

    A sharp extremity. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.

    His cowboy belt was studded with points.

32. 32

    A sharp extremity. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip. A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.

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

33. 33

    obsolèteA sharp extremity. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip. A vaccine point.

34. 34

    A sharp extremity. Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.

35. 35

    A sharp extremity. A peninsula or promontory.

36. 36

    A sharp extremity. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.

    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.

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    A sharp extremity. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force. An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.

    "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.

    He captained Regis High School’s 1958 squad, but now runs point on infectious diseases.

    Instead of one point-person taking all the parents’ questions, WPSD has “put together coaches and ambassadors to handle calls so one person doesn’t have to handle 2,500 calls,” Woolf said.

38. 38

    A sharp extremity. Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.

39. 39

    A sharp extremity. The difference between two points of the compass; a unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.

    to fall off a point

    Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!

40. 40

    A sharp extremity. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.

    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.

41. 41

    A sharp extremity. A railroad switch.

42. 42

    A sharp extremity. A tine or snag of an antler.

43. 43

    A sharp extremity. One of the “corners” of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)

44. 44

    A sharp extremity. An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)

    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;[…]

45. 45

    The act of pointing. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.

46. 46

    The act of pointing. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.

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

47. 47

    The act of pointing. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

    The dog came to a point.

48. 48

    The act of pointing. The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.

49. 49

    The act of pointing. A movement executed with the sabre or foil.

    tierce point

50. 50

    A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

51. 51

    historiqueA 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

52. 52

    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.

    He wore a garb rather fanciful, of a silver-grey colour, trimmed with crimson, and a narrow edging of silver; the lace round his throat was of the finest point; […]

53. 53

    In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position. A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.

54. 54

    In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position. The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.

55. 55

    In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position. The position of the pitcher and catcher.

56. 56

    In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position. A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.

57. 57

    Variante de percentage pointA small discrete division or individual feature of something. Ellipsis of percentage point.

    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.

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    Variante de point manA sharp extremity. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force. Ellipsis of point man.

interjection

1. 1

   Point taken; understood; got it.

verbe

1. 1

   To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

   It's rude to point at other people.

   Now must the world point at poor Katharine.

   Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.

   Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.

2. 2

   To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

   The arrow of a compass points north

   The skis were pointing uphill.

   The arrow on the map points towards the entrance

   In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

3. 3

   To face in a particular direction.

4. 4

   figuréTo direct toward an object; to aim.

   to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort

   Mr. Fitzsimons pointed my attention to an outside car on which was written, "Take warning," or something of that kind, and he pointed that out to me, and drew my attention to it, as a thing likely to intimidate […]

5. 5

   To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

   to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral

6. 6

   To indicate a probability of something.

   Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.

7. 7

   To repair mortar.

8. 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. 9

   To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

   Damaged stone will be removed, and the new stone installed and pointed to ensure a comprehensive match to maintain the integrity of the structure.

10. 10

    To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.

    If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.

    Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them.

11. 11

    To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.

12. 12

    To mark with diacritics.

13. 13

    To mark (e.g. an Anglican psalm) with pointing.

14. 14

    vieilliTo supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

    to point a composition

15. 15

    To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.

16. 16

    To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

17. 17

    To sail close to the wind.

    Bear off a little, we're pointing.

18. 18

    To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.

    Novv the vvarm Scent aſſures the Covey near, / He [the dog] treads vvith Caution, and he points vvith Fear; […]

    The writer from whom we derive the following legends tells us that he knew an old man whose dog had pointed a troop of fairies, and though he could not see them he plainly heard their music sounding like a fiddle and a very small pair of pipes.

    He says he found him, not a hour ago, under a clump in Birling Wood, because his own dog knew there was something there and as good as said so. I thought it sounded queer too, mum, but Mr. Batts did say that his dog stood and pointed at the bush and there when he looked was Nipper.

19. 19

    To approximate to the surface; to head.

20. 20

    vieilliTo give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.

    He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech.

    ‘Oh, it is the great defect in our Indian character!’ – and, as if to point his criticism, the lights of the Civil Station appeared on a rise to the right.

verbe

1. 1

   obsolèteTo appoint.

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

Formes

pluriel

points

passé

pointed

participe passé

pointed

participe présent

pointing

3ᵉ personne du singulier

points