point
noun
1. A course of reasoning:
argument, case.
See reason.
2. One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale:
degree, grade, level, peg, rung, stage, step.
Informal: notch.
See big.
3. An individually considered portion of a whole:
article, detail, element, item, particular.
See part.
4. The gist of a specific action or situation:
idea, import, meaning, purport, significance, significancy.
See meaning.
5. A particular interval of time that is limited and often crucial:
instant, juncture, moment.
See time.
6. What one intends to do or achieve:
aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, purpose, target, view, why.
Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore.
See planned, purpose.
7. A particular portion of space chosen for something:
location, locus, place, spot.
See place.
8. A sharp or tapered end:
acicula, acumination, apex, cusp, mucro, mucronation, tip1.
See sharp.
9. A very small mark:
dash, dot, fleck, pinpoint, speck, spot.
See marks.
10. What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about:
argument, matter, subject, subject matter, text, theme, topic.
See meaning.
11. A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur:
borderline, brink, edge, threshold, verge.
See edge.
verb
1. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:
aim, cast, direct, head, level, set1, train, turn, zero in.
Military: lay1.
See seek.
2. To mark with punctuation:
punctuate.
See marks.
3. To call or direct attention to something:
advert, bring up, mention, point out, refer, touch (on or upon).
See words.
point out
To make known or identify, as by signs:
denote, designate, indicate, mark, show, specify.
See show.
point out
To call or direct attention to something:
advert, bring up, mention, point, refer, touch (on or upon).
See words.
point to
1. To lead to by logical inference:
imply, indicate, suggest.
See meaning.
2. To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of:
argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, indicate, mark, testify, witness.
See show.
point up
To accord emphasis to:
accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, stress, underline, underscore.
See important.
-MM
2006-11-03 09:52:04
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