point
Pronunciation: /pɔɪnt/
The English word “point” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- 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.
- A note; a tune.
- A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- Condition, state.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count.
- An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
- A tiny amount of time; a moment.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- The chief or excellent features.
- An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
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…
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