point
repoint
repair the joints of bricks
point a chimney
sharpen
taper
give a point to
The candles are tapered
bespeak
betoken
indicate
signal
be a signal for or a symptom of
These symptoms indicate a serious illness
Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
designate
show
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
I showed the customer the glove section
He pointed to the empty parking space
he indicated his opponents
indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
the dog pointed the dead duck
target
aim
place
direct
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
charge
level
direct into a position for use
point a gun
He charged his weapon at me
be positionable in a specified manner
The gun points with ease
mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
mark with diacritics
point the letter
mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
luff
sail close to the wind
steer
maneuver
manoeuver
manoeuvre
head
guide
channelize
channelise
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
orient
be oriented
The weather vane points North
the dancers toes pointed outward
distributor point
breaker point
a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
sharp end
he stuck the point of the knife into a tree
he broke the point of his pencil
power point
a wall socket
gunpoint
the gun muzzle's direction
he held me up at the point of a gun
spot
an outstanding characteristic
his acting was one of the high points of the movie
a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
he knows my bad points as well as my good points
pointedness
the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
detail
item
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
several of the details are similar
a point of information
a geometric element that has position but no extension
a point is defined by its coordinates
the object of an activity
what is the point of discussing it?
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
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
decimal point
percentage point
the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
the point of the arrow was due north
period
full stop
stop
full point
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’
the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
a promontory extending out into a large body of water
they sailed south around the point
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
the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
he scored 20 points in the first half
a touchdown counts 6 points
a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
compass point
any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
he checked the point on his compass
tip
peak
a V shape
the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points
dot
a very small circular shape
a row of points
draw lines between the dots
degree
stage
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?
point in time
an instant of time
at that point I had to leave