ALL meanings of to the point
to the point
T t - noun to the point Nautical. point of sailing. 1
- noun to the point a degree or stage: frankness to the point of insult. 1
- noun to the point a particular instant of time: It was at that point that I told him he'd said enough. 1
- noun to the point a critical position in a course of affairs: Morale had reached a low point. 1
- noun to the point a decisive state of circumstances: He reached the point where he could no longer pay his debts. 1
- noun to the point the important or essential thing: the point of the matter. 1
- noun to the point the salient feature of a story, epigram, joke, etc.: to miss the point. 1
- noun to the point a particular aim, end, or purpose: He carried his point. 1
- noun to the point a hint or suggestion: points on getting a job. 1
- noun to the point a single or separate article or item, as in an extended whole; a detail or particular: the fine points of a contract. 1
- noun to the point an individual part or element of something: noble points in her character. 1
- noun to the point a distinguishing mark or quality, especially one of an animal, used as a standard in stockbreeding, judging, etc. 1
- noun to the point points. the extremities of an animal, especially a horse or dog. Railroads, British. a switch. 1
- noun to the point a single unit, as in counting. 1
- noun to the point a unit of count in the score of a game: Our team won by five points. 1
- noun to the point (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 to the point 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 to the point Basketball. a position in the front court, usually taken by the guard in charge of setting up the team's offense. 1
- noun to the point 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 to the point Chiefly Boxing. the end or tip (of the chin). 1
- noun to the point 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 to the point a branch of an antler of a deer: an eight-point buck. 1
- noun to the point Sports. a cross-country run. 1
- noun to the point one of the narrow tapering spaces marked on a backgammon board. 1
- noun to the point Education. a single credit, usually corresponding to an hour's class work per week for one semester. 1
- noun to the point 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 to the point 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 to the point 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 to the point Jewelry. a unit of weight equal to 1/100 (.01) of a carat. 1
- noun to the point 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 to the point 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 to the point a unit of measure of paper or card thickness, equal to 0.001 inch. 1
- noun to the point vaccine point. 1
- noun to the point point lace. 1
- noun to the point any lace made by hand. 1
- noun to the point Heraldry. one of the pendent parts of a label. 1
- noun to the point 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 to the point (in the game of go) any place where lines intersect or meet. 1
- noun to the point act of pointing. 1
- noun to the point Archaic. a tagged ribbon or cord, formerly much used in dress, as for tying or fastening parts. 1
- noun to the point Obsolete. an end or conclusion. 1
- noun to the point Obsolete. a pointed weapon, as a dagger. 1
- noun to the point Obsolete. condition. 1
- verb with object to the point to direct (the finger, a weapon, the attention, etc.) at, to, or upon something. 1
- verb with object to the point to indicate the presence or position of (usually followed by out): to point out an object in the sky. 1
- verb with object to the point to direct attention to (usually followed by out): to point out the advantages of a proposal. 1
- verb with object to the point to furnish with a point or points; sharpen: to point a lead pencil. 1
- verb with object to the point to mark with one or more points, dots, or the like. 1
- verb with object to the point 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 to the point to punctuate, as writing. 1