ALL meanings of make a point of
make a point of
M m - noun make a point of Navigation. any of 32 separate horizontal directions, 11° 15′ apart, as indicated on the card of a compass or gauged with reference to the heading of a vessel. 1
- noun make a point of Nautical. point of sailing. 1
- noun make a point of a degree or stage: frankness to the point of insult. 1
- noun make a point of a particular instant of time: It was at that point that I told him he'd said enough. 1
- noun make a point of a critical position in a course of affairs: Morale had reached a low point. 1
- noun make a point of a decisive state of circumstances: He reached the point where he could no longer pay his debts. 1
- noun make a point of the important or essential thing: the point of the matter. 1
- noun make a point of the salient feature of a story, epigram, joke, etc.: to miss the point. 1
- noun make a point of a particular aim, end, or purpose: He carried his point. 1
- noun make a point of a hint or suggestion: points on getting a job. 1
- noun make a point of a single or separate article or item, as in an extended whole; a detail or particular: the fine points of a contract. 1
- noun make a point of an individual part or element of something: noble points in her character. 1
- noun make a point of a distinguishing mark or quality, especially one of an animal, used as a standard in stockbreeding, judging, etc. 1
- noun make a point of points. the extremities of an animal, especially a horse or dog. Railroads, British. a switch. 1
- noun make a point of a single unit, as in counting. 1
- noun make a point of a unit of count in the score of a game: Our team won by five points. 1
- noun make a point of (in craps) the number that must be thrown to win but not including 7 or 11 on the first roll: Your point is 4. 1
- noun make a point of Ice Hockey. either of two positions, to the right or left of the goal, to which an attacking defenseman is assigned, usually in the execution of a power play, to help keep the puck in the attacking zone. 1
- noun make a point of Basketball. a position in the front court, usually taken by the guard in charge of setting up the team's offense. 1
- noun make a point of Cricket. the position of the fielder who plays a short distance in front of and to the offside of the batsman. the fielder playing this position. 1
- noun make a point of Chiefly Boxing. the end or tip (of the chin). 1
- noun make a point of Hunting. the action of a hunting dog that indicates the presence and location of game by standing rigid and directing its head toward the game. the position taken by a hunting dog in pointing game. 1
- noun make a point of a branch of an antler of a deer: an eight-point buck. 1
- noun make a point of Sports. a cross-country run. 1
- noun make a point of one of the narrow tapering spaces marked on a backgammon board. 1
- noun make a point of Education. a single credit, usually corresponding to an hour's class work per week for one semester. 1
- noun make a point of Electricity. Also called breaker point. either of a pair of contacts tipped with tungsten or platinum that make or break current flow in a distributor, as in an automobile. British. an outlet or socket. 1
- noun make a point of Commerce. a unit of price quotation, as in the U.S., one dollar in stock transactions, one hundredth of a cent in cotton and coffee, or one cent in oil, grain, pork, etc.: The price of stock went up two points today. (especially in motion pictures) a percentage point, usually of the gross profits, granted to someone who agrees to invest or otherwise participate in a business project: The star of the movie received a million dollar guarantee and five points. 1
- noun make a point of one percent of the face value of a loan, especially a mortgage loan, added on as a placement fee or a service charge and paid in advance or upon closing of the loan. 1
- noun make a point of Jewelry. a unit of weight equal to 1/100 (.01) of a carat. 1
- noun make a point of Military. a patrol or reconnaissance unit that goes ahead of the advance party of an advance guard, or follows the rear party of the rear guard. the stroke in bayonet drill or combat. 1
- noun make a point of Printing. a unit of type measurement in the U.S. and U.K. equal to 1/72 inch, or 1/12 pica. Compare Didot point system. Also called press-point. (in a press) one of several metal prongs for perforating the sheet so that it will be in register when the reverse is printed. 1
- noun make a point of a unit of measure of paper or card thickness, equal to 0.001 inch. 1
- noun make a point of vaccine point. 1
- noun make a point of point lace. 1
- noun make a point of any lace made by hand. 1
- noun make a point of Heraldry. one of the pendent parts of a label. 1
- noun make a point of Railroads. the vertex of the angle formed at a frog by two rails; the intersection of gauge lines in a switch or frog. British. a tapering movable rail, as in a railroad switch. 1
- noun make a point of (in the game of go) any place where lines intersect or meet. 1
- noun make a point of act of pointing. 1
- noun make a point of Archaic. a tagged ribbon or cord, formerly much used in dress, as for tying or fastening parts. 1
- noun make a point of Obsolete. an end or conclusion. 1
- noun make a point of Obsolete. a pointed weapon, as a dagger. 1
- noun make a point of Obsolete. condition. 1
- verb with object make a point of to direct (the finger, a weapon, the attention, etc.) at, to, or upon something. 1
- verb with object make a point of to indicate the presence or position of (usually followed by out): to point out an object in the sky. 1
- verb with object make a point of to direct attention to (usually followed by out): to point out the advantages of a proposal. 1
- verb with object make a point of to furnish with a point or points; sharpen: to point a lead pencil. 1
- verb with object make a point of to mark with one or more points, dots, or the like. 1
- verb with object make a point of Sculpture. to transfer measurements of depth from a clay, wax, or plaster model to (a block of stone) by means of an apparatus that drills holes to the required depth prior to carving. 1