point-n; 14 Senses

Sense Number 1: dot

Commentary: a geometric element of a very small circular shape that has position but no extension

Examples:
They sailed south around the point.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1 9 17

Sense Number 2: location

Commentary: spot - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

Examples:
She walked to a point where she could survey the whole street.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: meaning

Commentary: the essential meaning/purpose or idea of an activity

Examples:
Get to the point.
He missed the point of the joke.
Life has lost its point.
What is the point of discussing it?

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 3 7

Sense Number 4: detail

Commentary: bullet, item - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things which could be enumerated on a list

Examples:
Several of the points are similar.
The third point of information in Eric's presentation was false.
The amount of money being wasted was the point that got my attention.
He knows my bad points as well as my good points.
He noticed a point in the New York Times.
His acting was one of the high points of the movie.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 5 12 13 14 21

Sense Number 5: degree, level, stage

Commentary: degree, level, stage - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (as in a point in time, or a point along a line)

Examples:
At that point I had to leave his office.
At some point during the train ride the lights had gone out.
We must've started traveling north at some point.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 4 6

Sense Number 6: sharp tip

Commentary: peak - a "V" shape or sharp end

Examples:
The cannibal's teeth were filed to a sharp points.
He stuck the point of the knife into a tree.
He broke the point of his pencil.
The point of the arrow was due north

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 8 15 19 20

Sense Number 7: game scoring

Commentary: the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

Examples:
He scored 20 points in the first half.
A touchdown counts 6 points.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 10

Sense Number 8: cape

Commentary: peninsula - a promontory extending out into a large body of water

Examples:
They sailed south around the point.
The kids favorite surfing spot is just around the point.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 11

Sense Number 9: punctuation mark

Commentary: full stop, stop, full point - a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviation

Examples:
In England they call a point a stop.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 18

Sense Number 10: point

Commentary: any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

Examples:
He checked the point on his compass.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 16

Sense Number 11: gunpoint

Commentary: the gun muzzle's direction

Examples:
He held me up at the point of a gun.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 22

Sense Number 12: wall socket

Commentary: a power point; a wall socket; electrical socket

Examples:
This apartment has four power points in each room.
She uses one of those air fresheners that plug into a power point.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 23

Sense Number 13: breaker point

Commentary: distributor point - a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs

Examples:
Adjusting breaker points is the most complex aspect of engine tune-ups.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 24

Sense Number 14: fraction

Commentary: stock point

Examples:
Microsoft went up 3 points today.
The DOW fell 16 points yesterday but recovered nicely today.

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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: -