Points синонимы

What is another word for Point?

• location, specific location

• indication, call attention

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• n.

  • brownie points (noun)

  • brownie-points,
  • word praise.

  • commendation (noun)

  • good opinions,
  • pumping ups,
  • pat head,
  • pat back,
  • re-commendations,
  • shot the arm,
  • strokings,
  • re commendations,
  • shot in arm,
  • pat the back,
  • re commendation,
  • pat the head,
  • re-commendation,
  • shot arm.

  • credit (noun)

  • Fame.

  • interest (noun)

  • dis counts,
  • dis-counts.

  • meanings (noun)

  • explanations,
  • connotations,
  • Cruxes,
  • purposes,
  • thrusts,
  • upshots,
  • interpretations,
  • descriptions,
  • meanings,
  • intents,
  • definitions,
  • messages,
  • denotations,
  • indications,
  • tenors,
  • drifts,
  • piths,
  • implications.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • Partage,
  • holdout,
  • rake-off,
  • plum,
  • percent,
  • meed,
  • halvers,
  • nitty gritty,
  • piece of the action,
  • good opinion,
  • share,
  • pumping up,
  • interest,
  • vantage,
  • handicap,
  • holdouts,
  • credit,
  • pat on head,
  • percents,
  • PRS,
  • brownie points,
  • winnings,
  • terms,
  • shot in the arm,
  • Halver,
  • pat on the back,
  • pat on back,
  • fifty-fifty,
  • Quotum,
  • meeds,
  • what it is,
  • pat on the head,
  • panegyric,
  • percentage,
  • rake off,
  • penalty,
  • posy,
  • commendation,
  • panegyrics,
  • word of praise,
  • rake-offs,
  • size of it,
  • piece of action.

  • percentage (noun)

  • piece the action,
  • piece action,
  • pro-portion,
  • pro-portions,
  • pro portion,
  • pro portions.

  • perforators (noun)

  • Punctures,
  • lances,
  • die,
  • spurs,
  • bores,
  • blades,
  • spits,
  • spikes,
  • perforators,
  • arrows,
  • pokers,
  • thorns,
  • Needles,
  • Spears,
  • Drills,
  • tips,
  • penetrators,
  • gouges,
  • augers,
  • bits,
  • sticks,
  • skewers,
  • punches.

  •

  • fiftyfifty,
  • rakeoff,
  • rakeoffs,
  • rake offs,
  • quotums,
  • partages,
  • fifty fifties,
  • fifty-fifties,
  • fifty fifty,
  • fiftyfifties,
  • cut ins.

  • terms (noun)

  • pre-mise,
  • pro-vision,
  • what is,
  • pre-mises,
  • under-standings,
  • size it,
  • de-tails,
  • de tails,
  • under standing,
  • pro viso,
  • pro-visions,
  • what i,
  • what it i,
  • pro vision,
  • pro visions,
  • nittygritty,
  • under-standing,
  • under standings,
  • pre mise,
  • pro-visos,
  • pro-viso,
  • pre mises.

  • topics (noun)

  • Beliefs,
  • principles,
  • Ideas,
  • positions,
  • Theses,
  • expositions,
  • assumptions,
  • theorems,
  • questions,
  • matters,
  • postulations,
  • issues,
  • axioms,
  • considerations,
  • themes,
  • Bases,
  • Queries,
  • arguments,
  • assertions,
  • Essays,
  • conjectures,
  • problems,
  • paradigms,
  • premises,
  • inferences,
  • dissertations,
  • statements,
  • concepts,
  • contentions,
  • Hypotheses,
  • subjects,
  • texts,
  • topics,
  • opinions,
  • presumptions,
  • motifs.

• v.

  • indicates (verb)

  • waves,
  • marks,
  • winks,
  • labels,
  • brands,
  • guides,
  • indicates,
  • alerts,
  • shrugs,
  • symbolizes,
  • Gestures,
  • designates,
  • Cues,
  • signals,
  • tags,
  • gesticulates,
  • notes,
  • stamps,
  • Motions,
  • notifies,
  • betokens,
  • nods,
  • denotes,
  • nudges,
  • prompts,
  • beckons,
  • flags,
  • tickets,
  • points out.

  • perforates (verb)

  • perforates,
  • pokes,
  • penetrates,
  • pierces.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • poignantly,
  • files,
  • significances,
  • augurs,
  • hold,
  • everywhere,
  • forecasts,
  • bitingly,
  • burdens,
  • particles,
  • orders,
  • channels,
  • effectually,
  • examine,
  • gratuities,
  • under the sun,
  • Extremities,
  • penetratingly,
  • spotlights,
  • Floors,
  • armed,
  • objects,
  • sine qua non,
  • Impropriation,
  • respects,
  • degrees,
  • tokens,
  • Casemated,
  • Sword in hand,
  • pointers,
  • exhibits,
  • Defended,
  • lays,
  • account for,
  • slurs,
  • adapt,
  • plosives,
  • crests,
  • readjust,
  • know,
  • moments,
  • signifies,
  • undergo,
  • needle roller,
  • Crowns,
  • things,
  • contingents,
  • score,
  • tiers,
  • lovesome,
  • butts,
  • stark,
  • completely,
  • essence,
  • hints,
  • establishes,
  • flows,
  • salt,
  • tears,
  • pictures,
  • minds,
  • localizes,
  • joints,
  • consigns,
  • summits,
  • record,
  • see,
  • stages,
  • heightens,
  • headings,
  • bucks,
  • proposes,
  • heart,
  • retention,
  • find out,
  • links,
  • in every respect,
  • Brains,
  • ACMES,
  • heads,
  • articles,
  • details,
  • parts,
  • lodges,
  • steers,
  • daubs,
  • goal,
  • fond,
  • hitches,
  • tally,
  • monopoly,
  • o’clock,
  • arrowheads,
  • accuses,
  • orientation,
  • agitates,
  • essences,
  • excites,
  • tapers,
  • levels,
  • fully,
  • spots,
  • prepossession,
  • outright,
  • blocks,
  • shoots,
  • Charges,
  • flecks,
  • in battle array,
  • scores,
  • organises,
  • corner,
  • poses,
  • root and branch,
  • manoeuvres,
  • dapples,
  • takes,
  • fact,
  • up in arms,
  • node,
  • bespeaks,
  • maneuvers,
  • azimuth,
  • quests,
  • category,
  • blooms,
  • corners,
  • balance,
  • targets,
  • cases,
  • heart and soul,
  • acutely,
  • orchestrates,
  • peaks,
  • catches,
  • quite,
  • features,
  • fit,
  • LINEs,
  • learn,
  • in the saddle,
  • trim,
  • leads,
  • closures,
  • draws,
  • Usucaption,
  • wholly,
  • Diaphragms,
  • dress,
  • chiefs,
  • appoints,
  • adjust,
  • pinnacles,
  • stoppages,
  • sarcastically,
  • saddles,
  • expresses,
  • point,
  • device,
  • utterly,
  • flowers,
  • sharpens,
  • generator,
  • puts,
  • attributes,
  • armed cap-a-pie,
  • In Toto,
  • planes,
  • gist,
  • characteristics,
  • heydays,
  • headways,
  • argues,
  • Demos,
  • engineers,
  • essential part,
  • masterminds,
  • stagecoaches,
  • calculates,
  • obtain,
  • preoccupancy,
  • passes,
  • institutionalizes,
  • TOES,
  • loving,
  • panoplied,
  • Bird cage,
  • iotas,
  • require,
  • shows,
  • refers,
  • hollow,
  • JOTS,
  • keystone,
  • realise,
  • exclusive possession,
  • demonstrates,
  • dots,
  • pitches,
  • ironclad,
  • muzzles,
  • Machicolated,
  • inclines,
  • NIBS,
  • bitterly,
  • times,
  • destinations,
  • prove,
  • junctures,
  • Loopholed,
  • regards,
  • gain,
  • places,
  • bodes,
  • rouses,
  • investigate,
  • dashes,
  • far and near,
  • DITS,
  • primes,
  • foreshadows,
  • identifies,
  • trump card,
  • poise,
  • psyches,
  • in all quarters,
  • blockages,
  • Drives,
  • mural,
  • in harness,
  • ask,
  • storeys,
  • relay,
  • in arms,
  • intersections,
  • castellated,
  • factors,
  • head and shoulders,
  • pick out,
  • offices,
  • bit,
  • strike a balance,
  • Apexes,
  • elevations,
  • Angles,
  • suggests,
  • nucleus,
  • Goals,
  • stopovers,
  • sends,
  • adoring,
  • highlights,
  • piercingly,
  • estimates,
  • equate,
  • bills,
  • conducts,
  • Focuses,
  • cuttingly,
  • checks,
  • establish,
  • blossoms,
  • check,
  • layers,
  • neck and crop,
  • principals,
  • particulars,
  • aspires,
  • extents,
  • PIPS,
  • defending,
  • Stories,
  • ushers,
  • get,
  • heights,
  • halts,
  • arrests,
  • loads,
  • Patches,
  • requests,
  • in full feather,
  • alludes,
  • items,
  • wherever,
  • the full,
  • locates,
  • directs,
  • affectionate,
  • kernel,
  • extensively,
  • make,
  • far and wide,
  • grades,
  • Gravamen,
  • commits,
  • booted and spurred,
  • all over,
  • edges,
  • depicts,
  • the utmost,
  • objectives,
  • locations,
  • displays,
  • intensifies,
  • harshly,
  • instants,
  • discover,
  • circumstances,
  • saturates,
  • visors,
  • slants,
  • substance,
  • clean,
  • evinces,
  • plans,
  • rhumb,
  • hours,
  • verges,
  • stays,
  • capes,
  • evidences,
  • headlands,
  • dismantles,
  • cusps,
  • legs,
  • realize,
  • principal part,
  • berths,
  • sharply,
  • operates,
  • altogether,
  • tops,
  • occlusions,
  • orientates,
  • worshipful,
  • turnout,
  • caustically,
  • raise,
  • facts,
  • sights,
  • Scales,
  • little,
  • Mordantly,
  • Menstruations,
  • in all respects,
  • blots,
  • keynote,
  • flushes,
  • accommodate,
  • clauses,
  • aims,
  • doting,
  • insinuates,
  • invests,
  • right and left,
  • sum and substance,
  • winds,
  • blames,
  • orients,
  • small amount,
  • shrilly,
  • Addresses,
  • organizes,
  • fingers,
  • pointing,
  • cardinal point,
  • omens,
  • situations,
  • totally,
  • PEGS,
  • in every quarter,
  • Phases,
  • stops,
  • severely,
  • Attitudes,
  • evens,
  • prominent part,
  • important part,
  • core,
  • periods,
  • defensive,
  • perceive,
  • nicely,
  • barbs,
  • ends,
  • keenly,
  • instruct.

How to use «Points» in context?

Paraphrases for Points:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    meanings.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    checkpoint, crossing, station, viewpoints.
  • Noun, plural
    crossing, station, crossings, pointers, advantages, targets, moments, NODES, endpoints, viewpoints, checkpoints, thresholds, hotspots, standpoints, flashpoints, ecopoints.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    assets, contents, minutes, stands, ways, Difficulties, Of, Institutes, Motions, employees, servants, homes, emphasizes, stresses, underlines, considerations, messages, factors, forces, concerns, portions, settings, features, mechanisms, problems, ingredients, items, moments, PTS, NCPS, insists, institutions, insights, underscores, drivers, emphasises, aspectos, temas, centros.
  • Proper noun, singular
    address, ai, bogus, bonding, border, boundary, branch, ca, canadian, characteristic, connecting, connection, contact, content, coordinated, data, description, details, disarmament, drew, element, emphasized, entity, essential, evaluation, factor, fast, financial, focused, footnote, fund, future, glance, heights, highlight, impact, job, liaise, main, material, medical, memo, memorandum, message, messaging, note, notice, ottawa, outline, outreach, pip, priority, quick, rating, ref, reference, relevant, room, route, section, separation, service, sign, speaking, speech, staff, sub, submission, survey, thrust, tipped, tops, underline, underscore, Entities, Inquiries, Linking, Los, Vertices, Via, rapporteur, Schools, emphasizes, stresses, underlines, celebrates, considerations, notes, attributes, allegations, submissions, messages, sections, factors, jobs, transfers, pieces, members, references, comments, blocks, features, ingredients, items, units, remarks, says, characteristics, recognizes, recalled, PW, NR, highlights, institutions, priorities, Liaising, subregional, drivers, chirac, aspectos, nos., subparagraphs, sub-office, temas, centros, g.1, d.1.
  • Noun, plural
    accomplished, acts, africa, applicable, article, assets, attention, authorities, balance, between, boards, bones, border, bridges, cent, channels, cheat, circumstances, communications, consensus, contents, coordinated, correctly, costs, credits, data, days, deeds, designated, details, directory, done, ds, effects, factual, fields, flats, framework, fundamentals, goods, graphic, heights, hours, hurdles, initial, leaders, leave, letters, links, loads, located, losses, low, means, media, minutes, motion, names, needs, note, observance, occasions, odds, organs, parks, people, percent, personnel, planned, premises, provisions, quarters, rare, reference, relations, relays, reserves, responsible, rings, romania, sales, scores, seats, secondary, see, services, seven, shades, specific, splinters, stands, statistics, steps, stocks, stores, supplies, take, thailand, threads, times, transactions, troops, values, vertical, ways, who, words, Activities, Agencies, Ambiguities, Analyses, Angles, Axes, Bases, Branches, Buttons, Categories, Cities, Classes, Deficiencies, Difficulties, Disabilities, Emphases, Entities, Entries, Envisaged, Extremities, Firms, Focuses, Forums, Guarantees, women, Ideas, Inquiries, L, Leaves, Los, Ones, Opportunities, Parties, Paths, Phases, Phenomena, Qualities, Queries, Realities, Referred, Remedies, Replies, Shots, Territories, Theses, Tiptoes, Towards, Uncertainties, Vacancies, shares, expenses, legs, findings, Commentaries, Communities, Countries, Criteria, Possibilities, Keys, Gains, Persons, Achievements, Adjustments, Appointments, Attitudes, Beliefs, Cells, Charges, Conferences, Cues, Donors, Environments, Evaluations, Faces, Fears, Forms, Foundations, Gestures, Goals, Guidelines, Households, Incentives, Languages, LINEs, Locales, Measures, Motions, Occupations, Organizations, Orientations, Outbreaks, Patients, Perceptions, Plants, Prices, Prisons, Programs, Recommendations, Records, Referrals, Registries, Regulations, Roles, Schools, Standards, Strikes, Suggestions, Sutures, Tracks, Visions, Voices, checks, burdens, discounts, contracts, decreases, ministers, chiefs, directors, heads, managers, differences, benefits, supports, agents, employees, partners, servants, experiences, maintains, challenges, homes, levels, counts, deletions, excerpts, makers, concessions, pockets, declines, borders, connections, contacts, meetings, bonds, gaps, intervals, spaces, shafts, experts, affirms, advances, urges, underlined, emphasizes, stresses, underlines, agreements, arrangements, deals, settlements, understandings, representatives, claims, expresses, states, believes, holds, approaches, inputs, doors, commends, contains, demands, requires, ends, accomplishments, destinations, returns, conclusions, periods, players, appeals, petitions, requests, notices, signals, officials, accounts, registers, describes, considers, estimates, figures, plans, assessments, considerations, divisions, systems, thoughts, descriptions, memos, statements, notes, bills, files, lists, documents, articles, reports, tells, applications, attributes, sets, corners, additions, appropriations, assumptions, depots, actions, allegations, cases, complaints, implications, stitches, answers, counters, objects, assertions, declarations, submissions, explanations, responses, messages, objections, manifestations, domains, hectares, regions, sections, sectors, zones, practices, causes, factors, forces, motives, sources, aims, jobs, projects, purposes, concerns, interests, professions, situations, initiatives, procedures, tasks, actors, instruments, moves, makes, passes, runs, transfers, principles, rules, clauses, changes, reforms, traits, draws, demonstrates, exhibits, controls, grades, groups, orders, structures, types, directs, leads, regards, suggests, criticisms, warnings, wishes, improvements, refinements, offers, quotes, dates, passengers, covers, fronts, guises, stages, conditions, directions, trends, safeguards, reasons, designates, events, outcomes, results, interventions, tools, agendas, expectations, proposals, nails, pins, spikes, workers, months, weeks, headings, routes, minds, propositions, coordinates, trails, objectives, calls, denotes, labels, tickets, indications, markers, signs, similarities, portions, segments, percentages, pieces, bits, dividends, fractions, members, tips, limitations, qualifications, reservations, limits, references, providers, peaks, ranges, rows, contentions, switches, options, modalities, modes, standings, walks, bullets, networks, speakers, circles, settings, degrees, extracts, representations, discussions, opinions, benchmarks, comments, deliberations, reflections, debates, blocks, argues, shelters, barriers, precedes, edges, machines, features, demonstrations, displays, applicants, resolutions, mechanisms, passages, localities, towns, concepts, problems, shortcomings, constituents, ingredients, items, materials, substances, units, speeches, thrusts, colleges, councils, dollars, farms, axles, bottlenecks, dashes, observations, prongs, spines, remarks, critics, spheres, rebates, disadvantages, desks, landmarks, milestones, offices, shops, clinics, contributions, chapters, sides, teams, notions, kinds, streams, puts, characteristics, identifies, pillars, monuments, indents, denominators, thirds, incidents, recognizes, requirements, wordings, intents, merits, senses, specifies, reiterates, PTS, PAGES, CENTS, WINDOWS, PROSPECTS, COMMAS, FACETS, IMPACTS, INSTARS, LANES, METRS, PATHWAYS, VOTES, demerits, indicators, interlocutors, others, perspectives, reminds, strands, WEBSITES, essentials, extremes, dossiers, weaknesses, avenues, products, examples, sexes, Sentiments, modules, ministries, breakpoints, correspondents, variables, subregions, clusters, parameters, contexts, arrowheads, amendments, clarifications, imports, runways, loadings, insists, competitions, cornerstones, removals, campsites, nutrients, peninsulas, earths, stadiums, demarches, highlights, nuances, institutions, decks, jurisdictions, insights, platitudes, specifics, gateways, counterparts, callbacks, noodles, airports, perpetrators, briefings, omissions, accents, tenths, coordinators, antennas, participants, underscores, kiosks, strengths, specifications, instances, fonts, priorities, individuals, installations, sightings, lessons, stakeholders, ratings, enquiries, wickets, hotbeds, co-ordinators, is, rumours, drivers, emphasises, stopovers, appreciations, harbours, rapporteurs, lignes, cut-offs, aspectos, pointes, portas, abolitions, remarques, subparagraphs, check-points, photopoints, comentarios, subpoints, sub-paragraphs, reflexiones, -rrb-.
  • Adverb
    items.
  • Verb, past tense
    proposed, Seemed, items.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    acts, add, alert, attention, attest, bridge, call, certify, comment, description, directorate, emphasize, falls, guide, highlight, identify, light, links, means, methodology, monitor, needs, note, okay, open, population, problem, reference, seats, several, staff, stands, steps, suggest, trace, tribunal, underline, values, why, Does, Focuses, Gives, Has, Our, Ideas, Indicating, Leaves, Los, Noting, Of, Queries, shares, findings, Comes, Specifying, Denies, Addresses, Affects, Bears, Faces, Forms, Guidelines, Motions, Orientations, Suggestions, goes, rejects, heads, gets, takes, supports, tends, persists, maintains, challenges, outlines, reads, relates, meets, affirms, stipulates, urges, emphasizes, stresses, underlines, deals, acknowledges, asserts, attests, claims, contends, expresses, states, submits, testifies, confirms, believes, concludes, holds, observes, allows, adds, celebrates, commends, recommends, comprises, contains, includes, requires, ends, conclusions, pleads, signals, describes, explains, considers, determines, plots, considerations, descriptions, statements, notes, lists, reports, tells, assigns, cites, sets, grows, raises, alleges, denounces, submissions, messages, sections, conducts, causes, factors, aims, attempts, concerns, procedures, appears, moves, makes, presents, runs, shifts, attracts, brings, draws, demonstrates, exhibits, illustrates, proves, finds, directs, leads, regards, compounds, advises, informs, suggests, warns, hints, wishes, offers, quotes, discloses, reveals, covers, poses, directions, designates, proposals, boasts, headings, proposes, follows, seeks, strives, targets, calls, denotes, pays, provides, implies, mentions, references, represents, representations, comments, reflects, argues, opposes, encounters, depicts, features, displays, problems, items, speaks, observations, remarks, says, smacks, refuses, opens, moments, looks, sees, feels, puts, identifies, involves, recognizes, signifies, specifies, reiterates, recalling, perspectives, reminds, invokes, imports, insists, highlights, underscores, priorities, consists, enquiries, seems, us, is, emphasises, recognises, aspectos, nos., ‘s, puntos, remarques, subparagraphs, temas, observaciones, ‘s-eyes.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    Indices, courses.

Homophones for Points:

• point’s.

1       n-count   You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written.  
We disagree with every point Mr Blunkett makes…, The following tale will clearly illustrate this point.     

2       n-sing   If you say that someone has a point, or if you take their point, you mean that you accept that what they have said is important and should be considered.  
a N, poss N  
`If he’d already killed once, surely he’d have killed Sarah?’ She had a point there…     

3       n-sing   The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest.  
the N  
`Did I ask you to talk to me?'<emdash10001`That’s not the point.’…, The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.     

4       n-sing   If you ask what thepointof something is, or say that there is no pointin it, you are indicating that a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful.  
usu N of/in n/-ing  
What was the point of thinking about him?…, There was no point in staying any longer.     

5       n-count   A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone.  
usu with supp  
The most interesting point about the village was its religion…, Science was never my strong point at school.     

6       n-count   A point is a particular place or position where something happens.  
The pain originated from a point in his right thigh.     

7       n-sing   You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something.  
with supp, oft at N  
We’re all going to die at some point…, At this point Diana arrived…, It got to the point where he had to leave.     

8       n-count   The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it.  
oft N of n  

9    In spoken English, you use point to refer to the dot or mark in a decimal number that separates the whole numbers from the fractions.  
Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years.     

10       n-count   In some sports, competitions, and games, a point is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score.  
They lost the 1977 World Cup final to Australia by a single point…     

11       n-count   The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West.  
usu with supp  
Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.     

12       n-plural   On a railway track, the points are the levers and rails at a place where two tracks join or separate. The points enable a train to move from one track to another.  
  (BRIT)  
…the rattle of the wheels across the points.     
in AM, use switches     

13       n-count   A point is an electric socket.  
  (BRIT)   usu supp N  
…too far away from the nearest electrical point.     

14       verb   If you point at a person or thing, you hold out your finger towards them in order to make someone notice them.  
I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me…      V at n  
He pointed to a chair, signalling for her to sit.      V to n  

15       verb   If you point something at someone, you aim the tip or end of it towards them.  
David Khan pointed his finger at Mary…      V n at n  
A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.      V n at n  

16       verb   If something pointsto a place or points in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction.  
An arrow pointed to the toilets…      V prep/adv  
You can go anywhere and still the compass points north or south…      V prep/adv  

17       verb   If something points to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur.  
Private polls and embassy reports pointed to a no vote.      V to n  

18       verb   If you point to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists.  
George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed…      V to n  

19       verb   When builders point a wall, they put a substance such as cement into the gaps between the bricks or stones in order to make the wall stronger and seal it.  
V n  

20   
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  breaking point  
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  focal point  
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  point of sale  
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  point of view  
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  power point  
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  sticking point  
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  vantage point  

21    If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing.  
♦
beside the point      phrase   v-link PHR  
(=irrelevant)  
Brian didn’t like it, but that was beside the point.     

22    When someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.  
♦
come/get to the point      phrase   V inflects  
Was she ever going to get to the point?     

23    If you make your point or prove your point, you prove that something is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour.  
♦
make/prove one’s point      phrase   V inflects  
I think you’ve made your point, dear…, The tie-break proved the point.     

24    If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way.  
♦
make a point of      phrase   V inflects, PHR -ing  
She made a point of spending as much time as possible away from Osborne House.     

25    If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it.  
♦
on the point of      phrase   v-link PHR n/-ing  
He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang…, She looked on the point of tears.     

26    Something that is to the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time.  
♦
to the point      phrase   v-link PHR  
The description which he had been given was brief and to the point.     

27    If you say that something is true up to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true.  
♦
up to a point      phrase   PHR with cl  
`Was she good?’—`Mmm. Up to a point.’     

28   
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  a case in point  
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  case  
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  in point of fact  
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  fact  
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  to point the finger at someone  
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  finger  
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  a sore point  
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  sore   point out  

1       phrasal verb   If you point out an object or place, you make people look at it or show them where it is.  
They kept standing up to take pictures and point things out to each other…      V n P  
They’d already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father’s boat.      V P n (not pron)  

2       phrasal verb   If you point out a fact or mistake, you tell someone about it or draw their attention to it.  
I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures…      V P that  
We all too easily point out our mothers’ failings.      V P n (not pron)  

1       n-uncount   The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapour. For example, the boiling point of water is 100° centigrade.  
The boiling point of water is 373 K…, Heat the cream to boiling point and pour three quarters of it over the chocolate.     

2       n-uncount   If a situation reaches boiling point, the people involved have become so angry that they can no longer remain calm and in control of themselves.  
The situation is rapidly reaching boiling point, and the army has been put on stand-by…     

1       n-uncount   Freezing point is 0° Celsius, the temperature at which water freezes. Freezing point is often used when talking about the weather.  
usu above/below/to N  
The temperature remained below freezing point throughout the day.     

2       n-count   The freezing point of a particular substance is the temperature at which it freezes.  
usu with poss  

1       adv   If you say something point-blank, you say it very directly or rudely, without explaining or apologizing.  
ADV after v  
The army apparently refused point blank to do what was required of them…     
      Point-blank is also an adjective., adj   ADJ n  
…a point-blank refusal.     

2       adv   If someone or something is shot point-blank, they are shot when the gun is touching them or extremely close to them.  
ADV after v  
He fired point-blank at Bernadette.     
      Point-blank is also an adjective., adj   ADJ n  
He had been shot at point-blank range in the back of the head.     

1       n-count   The point of sale is the place in a shop where a product is passed from the seller to the customer. The abbreviation POS is also used.     (BUSINESS)  

2       n-uncount   Point of sale is used to describe things which occur or are located or used at the place where you buy something. The abbreviation POS is also used.     (BUSINESS)   usu N n  
…point-of-sale advertising.     

1       n-count   You can refer to the opinions or attitudes that you have about something as your point of view.  
oft with poss  
(=viewpoint)  
Thanks for your point of view, John…, Try to look at this from my point of view.     

2       n-count   If you consider something from a particular point of view, you are using one aspect of a situation in order to judge that situation.  
usu sing, usu from N with poss  
Do you think that, from the point of view of results, this exercise was worth the cost?…     

1       n-count   Something that is a starting pointfor a discussion or process can be used to begin it or act as a basis for it.  
oft N for n  
(=basis)  
These proposals represent a realistic starting point for negotiation…     

2       n-count   When you make a journey, your starting point is the place from which you start.  
usu with supp  
They had already walked a couple of miles or more from their starting point.     

1       n-count   The vanishing point is the point in the distance where parallel lines seem to meet.  
usu sing  
The highway stretched out ahead of me until it narrowed to a vanishing point some miles away.     

2       n-uncount   If you say that something has reached vanishing point, you mean it has become very small or unimportant.  
By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point…     

1       n-count   A vantage point is a place from which you can see a lot of things.  
(=viewpoint)  
From a concealed vantage point, he saw a car arrive…     

2       n-count   If you view a situation from a particular vantage point, you have a clear understanding of it because of the particular period of time you are in.  
oft with poss  
(=viewpoint)  
From today’s vantage point, the 1987 crash seems just a blip in the upward progress of the market…