point

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A small dot or mark.

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

2. (countable, uncountable)A small dot or mark.

   “Commas and points they set exactly right.”

3. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)A small dot or mark.
5. (countable, uncountable)A small dot or mark.
6. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A small dot or mark.

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

7. (countable, uncountable)A small dot or mark.
8. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

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

9. (countable, uncountable)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. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “She was not feeling in good point.”

11. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

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

12. (US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
13. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

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

14. (countable, uncountable)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.”

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

    “We're all gonna die What's the point in life What's the point in life if we all die?”

15. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)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. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

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

17. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

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

18. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “Logic isn't my strong point.”

19. (countable, dated, in-plural, uncountable)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. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

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

21. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “Possession is nine points of the law.”

22. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

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

24. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

    “This attack deals 320 points of damage.”

    “Defeating the boss grants 60 experience points.”

25. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
26. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
27. (UK, countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
28. (countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

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

29. (UK, countable, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
30. (countable, in-plural, uncountable)A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
31. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.

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

    “Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes”

32. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
33. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.

    “His cowboy belt was studded with points.”

34. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.

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

35. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
36. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
37. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
38. (countable, uncountable)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. (broadly, countable, uncountable)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.”

    “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.”

40. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
41. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
42. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.

    “to fall off a point”

43. (countable, uncountable)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. (UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
45. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
46. (countable, uncountable)A sharp extremity.
47. (broadly, countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)The act of pointing.
49. (countable, uncountable)The act of pointing.

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

50. (countable, uncountable)The act of pointing.

    “The dog came to a point.”

51. (countable, uncountable)The act of pointing.
52. (countable, uncountable)The act of pointing.

    “tierce point”

53. (countable, uncountable)A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
54. (countable, historical, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)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; […]”

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

intj

1. point taken; understood; got it

verb

1. (intransitive)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. (intransitive)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. (intransitive)To face in a particular direction.
4. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive)To 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. 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. (intransitive)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. (ambitransitive)To repair mortar.
8. (transitive)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.

   “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. (transitive)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. (transitive)To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
12. (transitive)To mark with diacritics.
13. (dated)To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

    “to point a composition”

14. (transitive)To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
15. (Internet, transitive)To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
16. (intransitive)To sail close to the wind.

    “Bear off a little, we're pointing.”

17. (intransitive)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; […]”

    “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.”

18. To approximate to the surface; to head.
19. (dated)To 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.”

20. (obsolete)To appoint.

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

name

1. (informal)USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York.

   “Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.”

2. A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state.
3. A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
4. A minor city in Rains County, Texas, United States.
5. A coastal settlement in Feock parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8138).

   “Cornwall County Council asked for a decision on objections raised by property owners to its proposal to convert the site of the railway into a public road for a distance of 1 mile 86 yards from Devoran to Point (Restronguet Creek).”

6. A surname from French.