point
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(verb) repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" |
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Synonyms: repoint |
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Related Words: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
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(verb) be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease" |
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Related Words: be |
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(noun) sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of the pencil" |
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Related Words: arrowhead, barb, cusp, diamond point, end, pike, pinpoint, spearhead |
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(noun) (British) a wall socket |
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Synonyms: power point |
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Related Words: electric outlet, electric receptacle, outlet, wall plug, wall socket |
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(noun) the muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun" |
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Synonyms: gunpoint |
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Related Words: gun muzzle, gunpoint, muzzle |
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(noun) an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" |
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Synonyms: spot |
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Related Words: characteristic |
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(noun) a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points" |
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Related Words: characteristic |
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(noun) the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point |
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Synonyms: pointedness |
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Related Words: taper |
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(noun) a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates" |
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Related Words: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, intersection, intersection point, point of intersection |
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(noun) the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?" |
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Related Words: aim, object, objective, target |
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(noun) a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point" |
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Related Words: bottom line, crux, crux of the matter, import, meaning, rallying point, significance, signification, talking point |
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(noun) a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
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Synonyms: head |
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Related Words: mark |
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(noun) the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
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Related Words: McBurney's point, abutment, beginning, bellybutton, blind spot, celestial point, center, centre, corner, crinion, crossing, destination, focal point, focus, geographic point, geographical point, goal, hilum, limit, limit point, location, midair, midpoint, military position, navel, nidus, omphalos, omphalus, optic disc, origin, place, point of accumulation, position, root, source, spot, topographic point, trichion, umbilicus, vanishing point |
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(noun) a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point" |
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Related Words: foreland, headland, promontory |
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(noun) the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" |
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Related Words: match point, set point, unit, unit of measurement |
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(noun) a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch |
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Related Words: linear unit |
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(noun) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect |
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Related Words: relevance, relevancy |
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(noun) a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
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Synonyms: peak, tip |
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Related Words: convex shape, convexity, cusp, fovea, fovea centralis, head, widow's peak |
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(noun) a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" |
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Synonyms: dot |
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Related Words: disc, disk, saucer |
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(noun) a very short period of time; "at that point I had to leave" |
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Synonyms: point in time |
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Related Words: amount of time, arrival time, beginning, close, commencement, conclusion, date, deadline, departure time, distance, end, ending, finale, finis, finish, first, full term, instant, kickoff, last, middle, midterm, minute, moment, offset, outset, period, period of time, phase, phase angle, second, start, starting time, stopping point, term, terminus, then, time of arrival, time of departure, time period |
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(verb) give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall" |
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Synonyms: direct |
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Related Words: apprise, apprize, instruct, point the way, show the way |
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(verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He showed her that there was a lot of space"; "he indicated his opponents" |
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Synonyms: indicate, show |
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Related Words: finger, inform, point out, reflect, signalize |
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(verb) sail close to the wind |
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Synonyms: luff |
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Related Words: sail |
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(verb) be oriented |
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Synonyms: orient |
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Related Words: lie |
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(noun) a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" |
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Synonyms: item |
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Related Words: agenda item, component, component part, incidental, inventory item, line item, news item, part, place, portion, position |
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(noun) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop" |
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Synonyms: full point, full stop, period, stop |
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Related Words: punctuation, punctuation mark, suspension point |
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(noun) any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass" |
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Synonyms: compass point |
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Related Words: ENE, ESE, EbN, EbS, NE, NEbE, NEbN, NNE, NNW, NW, NWbN, NWbW, NbE, NbW, SE, SEbE, SEbS, SSE, SSW, SW, SWbS, SWbW, SbE, SbW, WNW, WSW, WbN, WbS, cardinal compass point, direction, east by north, east by south, east northeast, east southeast, nor'-east, nor'-nor'-east, nor'-nor'-west, nor'-west, north by east, north by west, north northeast, north northwest, northeast, northeast by east, northeast by north, northwest, northwest by north, northwest by west, sou'-east, sou'-sou'-east, sou'-sou'-west, sou'-west, south by east, south by west, south southeast, south southwest, southeast, southeast by east, southeast by south, southwest, southwest by south, southwest by west, west by north, west by south, west northwest, west southwest |
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(verb) give a point to; "The candles are tapered" |
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Synonyms: sharpen, taper |
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Related Words: acuminate, change form, change shape, deform |
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(verb) direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
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Synonyms: charge, level |
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Related Words: aim, direct, take, take aim, train |
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(noun) a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs |
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Synonyms: breaker point, distributor point |
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Related Words: contact, tangency |
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(noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" |
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Synonyms: detail, item |
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Related Words: fact, minutia, nook and cranny, nooks and crannies, regard, respect, technicality, trifle, triviality |
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(verb) be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness" |
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Synonyms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal |
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Related Words: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, mark, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate, tell |
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(noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
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Synonyms: degree, level, stage |
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Related Words: acme, climax, elevation, end point, extent, height, peak, pinnacle, plane, quickening, resultant, standard of life, standard of living, state, state of the art, summit, superlative, top, ultimacy, ultimateness |
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(verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" |
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Synonyms: aim, direct, place, target |
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Related Words: address, aim, direct, home in, range in, take, take aim, train, zero in |
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(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
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Synonyms: direct, guide, head, maneuver, manouevre, steer |
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Related Words: canalize, channel, command, conn, control, corner, dock, navigate, park, pilot, sheer, stand out, starboard |
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