point in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   target  aim  place  direct  point 
   
2. 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"
   bespeak  betoken  indicate  point  signal 
   
3. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
   steer  maneuver  manoeuver  manoeuvre  direct  point  head  guide  channelize  channelise 
   
4. direct into a position for use
   "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
   charge  level  point 
   
5. 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  point  designate  show 
   
6. sail close to the wind
   luff  point 
   
7. be oriented
   "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
   orient  point 
   
8. give a point to
   "The candles are tapered"
   sharpen  taper  point 
   
9. repair the joints of bricks
   "point a chimney"
   point  repoint 
   
10. indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
    "the dog pointed the dead duck"
    point 
    
11. be positionable in a specified manner
    "The gun points with ease"
    point 
    
12. mark with diacritics
    "point the letter"
    point 
    
13. mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
    point 
    
14. mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
    point 
    

1. a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
   distributor point  breaker point  point 
   
2. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
   "he checked the point on his compass"
   compass point  point 
   
3. the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
   decimal point  percentage point  point 
   
4. 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?"
   degree  level  stage  point 
   
5. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
   "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
   detail  item  point 
   
6. a very small circular shape
   "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
   point  dot 
   
7. 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"
   period  point  full stop  stop  full point 
   
8. the gun muzzle's direction
   "he held me up at the point of a gun"
   point  gunpoint 
   
9. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
   "the point of the arrow was due north"
   point  head 
   
10. 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"
    item  point 
    
11. a V shape
    "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
    point  tip  peak 
    
12. sharp end
    "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
    point 
    
13. a wall socket
    point  power point 
    
14. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
    point  pointedness 
    
15. an outstanding characteristic
    "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
    point  spot 
    
16. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
    "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
    point 
    
17. a geometric element that has position but no extension
    "a point is defined by its coordinates"
    point 
    
18. the object of an activity
    "what is the point of discussing it?"
    point 
    
19. 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 
    
20. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
    "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
    point 
    
21. a promontory extending out into a large body of water
    "they sailed south around the point"
    point 
    
22. 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 
    
23. a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
    point 
    
24. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
    "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"
    point 
    
25. a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
    point 
    
26. an instant of time
    "at that point I had to leave"
    point  point in time