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Nouns (28)

n. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"

n. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

point

n. sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"

point

n. a cross-country run

point

n. a position of the fielder

point

n. the position taken by a hunting dog in pointing game

point

n. the action of indicating the presence and location of game

point

n. a position near the goal of the attacking defense man

point

n. the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?"

point

n. unit of measurement for text characters: one point is 1/72 inches

point

n. a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"

point

n. a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch

point

n. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"

point

n. one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan

point

n. 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"

point, gunpoint

n. the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"

point, power point

n. a wall socket

compass point, point

n. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"

point, dot

n. a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"

point, point in time

n. an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"

decimal point, percentage point, point

n. the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

Verbs (15)

point

v. position the mouse pointer on or next to something

point

v. be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"

point

v. indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle; "the dog pointed the dead duck"

orient, point

v. be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"

point, repoint

v. repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"

luff, point

v. sail close to the wind

charge, level, point

v. direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"

sharpen, taper, point

v. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"

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Fuzzynyms (101)

site, situation

n. physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"

position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

n. a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

topographic point, place, spot

n. a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"

use

n. a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"

rationale, principle

n. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"

doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question

n. uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"

apex, solar apex, apex of the sun's way

n. the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit

n. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

edge

n. a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"

coordinate, co-ordinate

n. a number that identifies a position relative to an axis

article

n. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

recapitulation

n. (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated

message, content, subject matter, substance

n. what a communication that is about something is about

news

n. informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone; "it was news to me"

news, intelligence, tidings, word

n. information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

particular, specific

n. a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"

aspect, facet

n. a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question"

part, section, division

n. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

side

n. an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side"

plane

n. a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane"

factor

n. an independent variable in statistics

subject, topic, theme

n. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"

thing

n. a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"

motion, question

n. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"

article

n. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

element

n. one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

item

n. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

piece

n. a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

piece

n. an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"

product, production

n. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

exit, issue, outlet, way out

n. an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"

boundary, edge, bound

n. a line determining the limits of an area

frontier

n. an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"

hint, suggest

v. drop a hint; intimate by a hint

advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise

v. call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"

beam

v. express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his approval"

reveal

v. disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

denote, refer

v. have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "

imply

v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

signify

v. make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

position

v. cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

refer

v. use a name to designate; "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary"

transfer, shift

v. move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"

narrow, contract

v. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

thin

v. lose thickness; become thin or thinner

languish, fade

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

rarefy, attenuate

v. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

Synonyms (3)

place, put, set

v. estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

Antonyms (0)

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