Point
noun
A certain spot or position.
Our meeting point is at the town square
Often appears as...
- meeting point
- starting point
noun
A specific time, stage, or level.
At this point in the project, we need more resources
Often appears as...
- high point
- low point
noun
A characteristic or detail.
He has a lot of good points
Often appears as...
- good point
- bad point
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Idiomatic
noun
The sharp tip of something.
Be careful with that knife point
Often appears as...
- knife point
- pencil point
noun
An objective or purpose.
The point of this meeting is to agree on our project's goals
Often appears as...
- main point
- key point
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Academic
verb
Direct or aim towards.
He pointed his camera at the sunset
Often appears as...
- point finger
- point camera
noun
A score in a game.
He scored three points in the basketball match
Often appears as...
- score points
- lose points
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Colloquial
noun
A unit of measurement in typography.
The text is 12 points in size
Often appears as...
- font point
- size point
noun
A certain spot or position.
Our meeting point is at the town square
Often appears as...
- meeting point
- starting point
noun
A specific time, stage, or level.
At this point in the project, we need more resources
Often appears as...
- high point
- low point
noun
A characteristic or detail.
He has a lot of good points
Often appears as...
- good point
- bad point
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
The sharp tip of something.
Be careful with that knife point
Often appears as...
- knife point
- pencil point
noun
An objective or purpose.
The point of this meeting is to agree on our project's goals
Often appears as...
- main point
- key point
Usage tips
Academic
verb
Direct or aim towards.
He pointed his camera at the sunset
Often appears as...
- point finger
- point camera
noun
A score in a game.
He scored three points in the basketball match
Often appears as...
- score points
- lose points
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A unit of measurement in typography.
The text is 12 points in size
Often appears as...
- font point
- size point
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Pro Tip 1/2Fixed Locations
Used to describe specific, static locations that do not change.
Let's meet at our usual point outside the library.
Pro Tip 2/2Navigation Aid
Useful in giving directions or instructions on how to move from one place to another.
The treasure map says the starting point is the ancient oak tree.
Pro Tip 1/2Fixed Locations
Used to describe specific, static locations that do not change.
Let's meet at our usual point outside the library.
Pro Tip 2/2Navigation Aid
Useful in giving directions or instructions on how to move from one place to another.
The treasure map says the starting point is the ancient oak tree.
Pro Tip 1/2Fixed Locations
Used to describe specific, static locations that do not change.
Let's meet at our usual point outside the library.
Pro Tip 2/2Navigation Aid
Useful in giving directions or instructions on how to move from one place to another.
The treasure map says the starting point is the ancient oak tree.
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What makes muscles grow?...
and the more motor units it rallies to help you achieve your task. But what if the door is made of solid iron? At this point, your arm muscles alone won't be able to generate enough tension to pull it open,
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What happens when our...
and when we implement it, it has some surreptitious side effect that the A.I. had planned. The point here is that we should not be confident in our ability to keep a superintelligent genie locked up in its bottle forever. Sooner or later, it will out. I believe that the answer here is to figure out
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from a point just in front of your shoulders, to behind your hip, to the front of your knee, to a few inches in front of your ankle. This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain.
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Birth of Twin Tiger Cubs...
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
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But these machines can only construct gold atom by atom. So it would take almost the age of the universe to produce one gram at a cost vastly exceeding the current value of gold. So that's not a very good solution. But if we were to reach a hypothetical point
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A message from the next...
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People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, which tend to be time consuming and interfere with work, school or social life to the point of causing significant distress.
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What makes muscles grow?...
and the more motor units it rallies to help you achieve your task. But what if the door is made of solid iron? At this point, your arm muscles alone won't be able to generate enough tension to pull it open,
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American Singer
People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.
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British Actress
I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.
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German Writer
I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway.
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American Singer
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American Scientist
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.
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Arthur Ashe
American Tennis Player
If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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Some people love so hard that they can't control those emotions when they're at their deepest point.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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American President
There's no political point worth my son's life.
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