Direct vs. Point — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Direct and Point
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Direct
Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping
There was no direct flight that day
Point
A sharp or tapered end
The point of a knife.
The point of the antenna.
Direct
Without intervening factors or intermediaries
The complications are a direct result of bacteria spreading
I had no direct contact with Mr Clark
Point
An object having a sharp or tapered end
A stone projectile point.
Direct
(of a person or their behaviour) going straight to the point; frank
He is very direct and honest
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Point
A tapering extension of land projecting into water; a peninsula, cape, or promontory.
Direct
Perpendicular to a surface; not oblique
A direct butt joint between surfaces of steel
Point
A mark formed by or as if by a sharp end.
Direct
With no one or nothing in between
They seem reluctant to deal with me direct
Point
A mark or dot used in printing or writing for punctuation, especially a period.
Direct
Control the operations of; manage or govern
An economic elite directed the nation's affairs
Point
A decimal point.
Direct
Aim (something) in a particular direction or at a particular person
His smile was directed at Lois
Heating ducts to direct warm air to rear-seat passengers
Point
(Linguistics) A vowel point.
Direct
Give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction
The judge directed him to perform community service
He directed that no picture from his collection could be sold
Point
One of the protruding marks used in certain methods of writing and printing for the blind.
Direct
To manage or regulate the business or affairs of; be in charge of
Direct a government agency.
Point
A dimensionless geometric object having no properties except location.
Direct
To supervise or oversee (an activity or process)
Direct the building of a new road.
Point
An element in a geometrically described set.
Direct
To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal, performance, or production of a work.
Point
A place or locality considered with regard to its position
Connections to Chicago and points west.
Direct
To supervise the performance or production of
Direct a play.
Direct a film.
Point
A narrowly particularized and localized position or place; a spot
The troops halted at a point roughly 1,000 yards from the river.
Direct
To give an order to; command
Directed the student to answer.
Point
A specified degree, condition, or limit, as in a scale or course
The melting point of a substance.
Direct
To show or indicate the way for
Directed us to the airport.
Point
Any of the 32 equal divisions marked at the circumference of a mariner's compass card that indicate direction.
Direct
To cause to move in a certain direction or toward a certain object; turn or point
Directed the light toward the end of the hall.
Point
The interval of 11°15′ between any two adjacent markings.
Direct
To concentrate or focus (one's sight or attention, for example) on a particular object or activity.
Point
A distinct condition or degree
Finally reached the point of exhaustion.
Direct
To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).
Point
The interval of time immediately before a given occurrence; the verge
On the point of resignation.
At the point of death.
Direct
To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.
Point
A specific moment in time
At this point, we are ready to proceed.
Direct
To give commands or directions.
Point
An objective or purpose to be reached or achieved, or one that is worth reaching or achieving
What is the point of discussing this issue further?.
Direct
To conduct a performance or rehearsal.
Point
The major idea or essential part of a concept or narrative
You have missed the whole point of the novel.
Direct
See direct examination.
Point
A significant, outstanding, or effective idea, argument, or suggestion
Your point is well taken.
Direct
Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving
A direct route.
Point
A separate, distinguishing item or element; a detail
Diplomacy is certainly not one of his strong points. Your weak point is your constant need for approval.
Direct
Straightforward and candid; not devious or ambiguous
A direct response.
Point
A quality or characteristic that is important or distinctive, especially a standard characteristic used to judge an animal.
Direct
Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate
Direct contact.
Direct sunlight.
Point
A single unit, as in counting, rating, or measuring.
Direct
Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates
Direct elections.
Point
A unit of academic credit usually equal to one hour of class work per week during one semester.
Direct
Being of unbroken descent; lineal
A direct descendant of the monarch.
Point
A numerical unit of academic achievement equal to a letter grade.
Direct
Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker
A direct quotation.
Direct speech.
Point
Sports & Games A unit of scoring or counting.
Direct
Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute
Direct opposites.
Point
A unit equal to one dollar, used to quote or state variations in the current prices of stocks or commodities.
Direct
(Mathematics) Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.
Point
A unit equal to one percent, used to quote or state interest rates or shares in gross profits.
Direct
(Astronomy) Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun's apparent annual movement with respect to the stars.
Point
One percent of the total principal of a loan, paid up front to the lender and considered separately from the interest.
Direct
(Sports) Being a direct free kick.
Point
(Music) A phrase, such as a fugue subject, in contrapuntal music.
Direct
Straight; directly.
Point
(Printing) A unit of type size equal to 0.01384 inch, or approximately 1/72 of an inch.
Direct
Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
Point
A jeweler's unit of weight equal to 2 milligrams or 0.01 carat.
Direct
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
The most direct route between two buildings
Point
The act or an instance of pointing.
Direct
Straightforward; sincere.
Point
The stiff and attentive stance taken by a hunting dog.
Direct
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
Point
A reconnaissance or patrol unit that moves ahead of an advance party or guard, or that follows a rear guard.
Direct
In the line of descent; not collateral.
A descendant in the direct line
Point
The position occupied by such a unit or guard
A team of Rangers were walking point at the outset of the operation.
Direct
(astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
Point
Either of two positions in ice hockey just inside the offensive zone near the boards, usually assumed by defenders attempting to keep the puck in the offensive zone.
Direct
(political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
Direct nomination; direct legislation
Point
(Basketball) A position in the forecourt beyond the top of the key, usually taken by the point guard.
Direct
Having a single flight number.
Point
In women's lacrosse, a defensive player who marks the opponent playing nearest to the goal (the first home).
Direct
Directly.
Point
An electrical contact, especially one in the distributor of an automobile engine.
Direct
To manage, control, steer.
To direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
Point
Chiefly British An electrical socket or outlet.
Direct
To aim (something) at (something else).
They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
He directed his question to the room in general.
Point
Points The extremities of an animal, such as a cat or horse, especially when they differ in color from the rest of the coat.
Direct
To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
He directed me to the left-hand road.
Point
A movable rail, tapered at the end, such as that used in a railroad switch.
Direct
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
She directed them to leave immediately.
Point
The vertex of the angle created by the intersection of rails in a frog or switch.
Direct
(dated) To address (a letter) to a particular person or place.
Point
A ribbon or cord with a metal tag at the end, used to fasten clothing in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Direct
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
What is direct to, what slides by, the question.
Point
To direct or aim
Point a weapon.
Direct
Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
Be even and direct with me.
Point
To bring (something) to notice
Pointed out an error in their reasoning.
Direct
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
A direct and avowed interference with elections.
Point
To indicate the position or direction of
Pointed out the oldest buildings on the skyline.
Direct
In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.
Point
To sharpen (a pencil, for example); provide with a point.
Direct
In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; - said of the motion of a celestial body.
Point
To separate with decimal points
Pointing off the hundredths place in a column of figures.
Direct
Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.
Point
To mark (text) with points; punctuate.
Direct
To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
Point
(Linguistics) To mark (a consonant) with a vowel point.
Direct
To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.
The Lord direct your into the love of God.
The next points to which I will direct your attention.
Point
To give emphasis to; stress
Comments that simply point up flawed reasoning.
Direct
To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.
I will direct their work in truth.
Point
To indicate the presence and position of (game) by standing immobile and directing the muzzle toward it. Used of a hunting dog.
Direct
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.
I 'll first direct my men what they shall do.
Point
To fill and finish the joints of (masonry) with cement or mortar.
Direct
To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.
Point
To direct attention or indicate position with or as if with the finger.
Direct
To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
Wisdom is profitable to direct.
Point
To turn the mind or thought in a particular direction or to a particular conclusion
All indications point to an early spring.
Direct
A character, thus [ ], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.
Point
To be turned or faced in a given direction; aim.
Direct
Command with authority;
He directed the children to do their homework
Point
To indicate the presence and position of game. Used of a hunting dog.
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
Point
(Nautical) To sail close to the wind.
Direct
Guide the actors in (plays and films)
Point
A discrete division of something.
Direct
Be in charge of
Point
An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.
Direct
Take somebody somewhere;
We lead him to our chief
Can you take me to the main entrance?
He conducted us to the palace
Point
A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.
At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
Direct
Cause to go somewhere;
The explosion sent the car flying in the air
She sent her children to camp
He directed all his energies into his dissertation
Point
(archaic) Condition, state.
She was not feeling in good point.
Direct
Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;
Please don't aim at your little brother!
He trained his gun on the burglar
Don't train your camera on the women
Take a swipe at one's opponent
Point
A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.
Direct
Lead, as in the performance of a composition;
Conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
Point
A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.
Direct
Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;
I directed them towards the town hall
Point
A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.
Direct
Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
Point
(obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
Direct
Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Point
(obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.
Direct
Put an address on (an envelope, for example)
Point
A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
We should meet at a pre-arranged point.
Direct
Plan and direct (a complex undertaking);
He masterminded the robbery
Point
A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. Category:en:Shapes
Direct
Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short;
A direct route
A direct flight
A direct hit
Point
A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
Direct
Immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening;
In direct sunlight
In direct contact with the voters
Direct exposure to the disease
A direct link
The direct cause of the accident
Point
(music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
Direct
Extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action;
A direct question
A direct response
A direct approach
Point
(by extension) A note; a tune.
Direct
In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;
Lineal ancestors
Lineal heirs
A direct descendant of the king
Direct heredity
Point
A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
Logic isn't my strong point.
Direct
Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
Point
The chief or excellent features.
The points of a horse
Direct
Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;
A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
Point
Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.
Direct
Of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;
Direct current
Point
(now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Direct
As an immediate result or consequence;
A direct result of the accident
Point
Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
Direct
In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;
A direct quotation
Repeated their dialog verbatim
Point
A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
The one with the most points will win the game
Direct
Effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives;
Many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College
Point
(mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half.
Direct
Exact;
The direct opposite
Point
(economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
Direct
Without deviation;
The path leads directly to the lake
Went direct to the office
Point
(typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
Point
(UK) An electric power socket.
Point
A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!
Point
(UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
Point
Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
Point
A sharp extremity.
Point
The sharp tip of an object.
Cut the skin with the point of the knife.
Point
Any projecting extremity of an object.
Point
An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
His cowboy belt was studded with points.
Point
(backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
Point
A peninsula or promontory.
Point
The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
Point
Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
Point
(nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
To fall off a point
Point
Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
Point
A railroad switch.
Point
An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.
Point
A tine or snag of an antler.
Point
(fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
Tierce point
Point
(heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
Point
(nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
Point
(historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
Point
Lace worked by the needle.
Point de Venise; Brussels point
Point
An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
Point
The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
The dog came to a point.
Point
(falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
Point
The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
Point
The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
Point
A vaccine point.
Point
In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
Point
(cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
Point
The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
Point
(baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
Point
(hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
Point
(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
It's rude to point at other people.
Point
(intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
The arrow of a compass points north
The skis were pointing uphill.
The arrow on the map points towards the entrance
Point
(intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
Point
To direct toward an object; to aim.
To point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort
Point
To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
To point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral
Point
(intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
Point
To repair mortar.
Point
To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
Point
(stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
Point
(transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.
Point
To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
Point
(transitive) To mark with diacritics.
Point
(dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
To point a composition
Point
To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
Point
To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
Point
To sail close to the wind.
Bear off a little, we're pointing.
Point
To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
Point
To approximate to the surface; to head.
Point
(dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
Point
(obsolete) To appoint.
Point
To appoint.
Point
To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.
Point
To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
Point
Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them.
Point
To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition.
Point
To mark (a text, as in Arabic or Hebrew) with vowel points; - also called vocalize.
Point
To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out.
He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech.
Point
To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
Point
To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
Point
To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
Point
To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; - with at.
Now must the world point at poor Katharine.
Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.
Point
To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
He treads with caution, and he points with fear.
Point
To approximate to the surface; to head; - said of an abscess.
Point
That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin.
Point
An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; - called also pointer.
Point
Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line.
Point
The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick.
Point
An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, - sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced.
Point
An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge.
When time's first point begunMade he all souls.
Point
A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion.
And there a point, for ended is my tale.
Commas and points they set exactly right.
Point
Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints.
A lord full fat and in good point.
Point
That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc.
He told him, point for point, in short and plain.
In point of religion and in point of honor.
Shalt thou disputeWith Him the points of liberty ?
Point
Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote.
They will hardly prove his point.
Point
A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio.
This fellow doth not stand upon points.
[He] cared not for God or man a point.
Point
A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time
Point
A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
Point
One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
Point
One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.
Point
A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress.
Point
Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.
Point
A switch.
Point
An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
Point
A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman.
Point
The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.
Point
A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type.
Point
A tyne or snag of an antler.
Point
One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
Point
A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.
Point
A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; - called also vaccine point.
Point
One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind. The first practical system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in Europe (see Braille). Two modifications of this are current in the United States: New York point founded on three bases of equidistant points arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later improvement, American Braille, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the New-York-point principle of using the characters of few points for the commonest letters.
Point
In various games, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player himself;
Point
A geometric element that has position but no extension;
A point is defined by its coordinates
Point
The precise location of something; a spatially limited location;
She walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
Point
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
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
An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;
Several of the details are similar
A point of information
Point
An instant of time;
At that point I had to leave
Point
The object of an activity;
What is the point of discussing it?
Point
A V shape;
The cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points
Point
A very small circular shape;
A row of points
Draw lines between the dots
Point
The unit of counting in scoring a game or contest;
He scored 20 points in the first half
A touchdown counts 6 points
Point
A promontory extending out into a large body of water;
They sailed south around the point
Point
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
Point
A style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
Point
An outstanding characteristic;
His acting was one of the high points of the movie
Point
Sharp end;
He stuck the point of the knife into a tree
He broke the point of his pencil
Point
Any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass;
He checked the point on his compass
Point
A linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
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
Point
A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;
The point of the arrow was due north
Point
The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
Point
A distinguishing or individuating characteristic;
He knows my bad points as well as my good points
Point
The gun muzzle's direction;
He held me up at the point of a gun
Point
A wall socket
Point
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
Point
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
Point
Be oriented;
The weather vane points North
Point
Direct into a position for use;
Point a gun
He charged his weapon at me
Point
Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Point
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
Point
Sail close to the wind
Point
Mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
Point
Mark with diacritics;
Point the letter
Point
Mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
Point
Be positionable in a specified manner;
The gun points with ease
Point
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
Point
Give a point to;
The candles are tapered
Point
Repair the joints of bricks;
Point a chimney
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