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ALL meanings of point out

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  • noun point out Nautical. point of sailing. 1
  • noun point out a degree or stage: frankness to the point of insult. 1
  • noun point out a particular instant of time: It was at that point that I told him he'd said enough. 1
  • noun point out a critical position in a course of affairs: Morale had reached a low point. 1
  • noun point out a decisive state of circumstances: He reached the point where he could no longer pay his debts. 1
  • noun point out the important or essential thing: the point of the matter. 1
  • noun point out the salient feature of a story, epigram, joke, etc.: to miss the point. 1
  • noun point out a particular aim, end, or purpose: He carried his point. 1
  • noun point out a hint or suggestion: points on getting a job. 1
  • noun point out a single or separate article or item, as in an extended whole; a detail or particular: the fine points of a contract. 1
  • noun point out an individual part or element of something: noble points in her character. 1
  • noun point out a distinguishing mark or quality, especially one of an animal, used as a standard in stockbreeding, judging, etc. 1
  • noun point out points. the extremities of an animal, especially a horse or dog. Railroads, British. a switch. 1
  • noun point out a single unit, as in counting. 1
  • noun point out a unit of count in the score of a game: Our team won by five points. 1
  • noun point out (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 point out 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 point out Basketball. a position in the front court, usually taken by the guard in charge of setting up the team's offense. 1
  • noun point out 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 point out Chiefly Boxing. the end or tip (of the chin). 1
  • noun point out 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 point out a branch of an antler of a deer: an eight-point buck. 1
  • noun point out Sports. a cross-country run. 1
  • noun point out one of the narrow tapering spaces marked on a backgammon board. 1
  • noun point out Education. a single credit, usually corresponding to an hour's class work per week for one semester. 1
  • noun point out 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 point out 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 point out 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 point out Jewelry. a unit of weight equal to 1/100 (.01) of a carat. 1
  • noun point out 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 point out 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 point out a unit of measure of paper or card thickness, equal to 0.001 inch. 1
  • noun point out vaccine point. 1
  • noun point out point lace. 1
  • noun point out any lace made by hand. 1
  • noun point out Heraldry. one of the pendent parts of a label. 1
  • noun point out 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 point out (in the game of go) any place where lines intersect or meet. 1
  • noun point out act of pointing. 1
  • noun point out Archaic. a tagged ribbon or cord, formerly much used in dress, as for tying or fastening parts. 1
  • noun point out Obsolete. an end or conclusion. 1
  • noun point out Obsolete. a pointed weapon, as a dagger. 1
  • noun point out Obsolete. condition. 1
  • verb with object point out to direct (the finger, a weapon, the attention, etc.) at, to, or upon something. 1
  • verb with object point out to indicate the presence or position of (usually followed by out): to point out an object in the sky. 1
  • verb with object point out to direct attention to (usually followed by out): to point out the advantages of a proposal. 1
  • verb with object point out to furnish with a point or points; sharpen: to point a lead pencil. 1
  • verb with object point out to mark with one or more points, dots, or the like. 1
  • verb with object point out 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
  • verb with object point out to punctuate, as writing. 1
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