point – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
point
v.
indicate; emphasize; sharpen; direct
n.
spot, pinpoint; tip, prong; essence, gist; intention; matter; small measurement used to measure font size (Computers)
Point
Point or
points may refer to the following:
Business and finance
- Basis point, 1/100 of one percent, denoted bp, bps, and ‱
- Percentage points, used to measure a change in percentage absolutely
- Pivot point (stock market), a price level of significance in analysis of a financial market that is used as a predictive indicator of market movement
- Point (mortgage), a percentage sometimes referred to as a form of pre-paid interest used to reduce interest rates in a mortgage loan
- Reward points (see loyalty program), marketing strategy
- Royalty points, a way of sharing profit between companies and unit holders
- Vigorish point, the commission charged on a gambling bet or loanshark's loan
Exclamation mark
point
Noun
1. a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
(hypernym) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
(hyponym) attractor, attracter
2. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
(hypernym) location
(hyponym) punctum
3. 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"
(hypernym) meaning, significance, signification, import
(hyponym) bottom line
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?"
(synonym) degree, level, stage
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) ladder
5. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
(synonym) detail, item
(hypernym) fact
(hyponym) minutia
6. an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"
(synonym) point in time
(hypernym) measure, quantity, amount
(hyponym) distance
7. the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?"
(hypernym) aim, object, objective, target
8. a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
(synonym) tip, peak
(hypernym) convex shape, convexity
(hyponym) widow's peak
(part-holonym) cone, conoid, cone shape
(derivation) sharpen, taper
9. a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
(synonym) dot
(hypernym) disk, disc, saucer
10. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"
(hypernym) unit of measurement, unit
(hyponym) advantage
(part-holonym) score
11. a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"
(hypernym) promontory, headland, foreland
12. 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"
(synonym) item
(hypernym) part, portion, component part, component
(hyponym) agenda item
(part-holonym) list, listing
13. a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
(hypernym) relevance, relevancy
14. an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
(synonym) spot
(hypernym) characteristic
15. sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
(hypernym) end
(hyponym) arrowhead
(part-holonym) awl
(derivation) sharpen, taper
16. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
(synonym) compass point
(hypernym) direction
(hyponym) cardinal compass point
17. a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
(hypernym) linear unit
(part-holonym) em, pica em, pica
18. 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"
(synonym) period, full stop, stop, full point
(hypernym) punctuation, punctuation mark
(hyponym) suspension point
19. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
(synonym) head
(hypernym) mark
(part-holonym) arrow, pointer
20. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
(synonym) pointedness
(hypernym) taper
(derivation) sharpen, taper
21. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
(hypernym) characteristic
(hyponym) selling point
22. the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"
(synonym) gunpoint
(hypernym) gun muzzle, muzzle
23. a wall socket
(synonym) power point
(hypernym) wall socket, wall plug, electric outlet, electrical outlet, outlet, electric receptacle
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
24. a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
(synonym) distributor point, breaker point
(hypernym) contact, tangency
(part-holonym) distributor, distributer, electrical distributor
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) indicate, show
(hypernym) inform
(hyponym) finger
(derivation) arrow, pointer
2. be oriented; "The weather vane points North"
(synonym) orient
(hypernym) lie
(derivation) arrow, pointer
3. direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
(synonym) charge, level
(hypernym) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
4. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
(synonym) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, head, guide, channelize, channelise
(hypernym) control, command
(hyponym) dock
(classification) driving
5. 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"
(synonym) bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal
(hypernym) tell
(hyponym) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
6. sail close to the wind
(synonym) luff
(hypernym) sail
(classification) navigation, pilotage, piloting
7. mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
(hypernym) tag, label, mark
(derivation) period, full stop, stop, full point
8. mark with diacritics; "point the letter"
(hypernym) tag, label, mark
(derivation) period, full stop, stop, full point
9. mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
(hypernym) tag, label, mark
(derivation) period, full stop, stop, full point
10. be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) charge, level
(derivation) gunpoint
11. 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"
(synonym) target, aim, place, direct
(hypernym) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
(hyponym) address
12. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
(synonym) sharpen, taper
(hypernym) change shape, change form, deform
(hyponym) acuminate
(derivation) tip, peak
13. repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"
(synonym) repoint
(hypernym) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
point
nm.
period, point; spot, mark, dot; item, position; stop
poindre
v.
break, dawn
point
v.
ukázat na koho/co; namířit; ukazovat; mířit; ukázat na co; poukázat na co; ukázat (komu) co; poukázat na co
n.
bod; hrot; poznámka; nápad; smysl; podstata; jádro věci; vlastnost; význam; pozice; okamžik; špička
