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