How to pronounce “point”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A small dot or mark.
• A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
• A sharp extremity.
• The act of pointing.
• (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
• (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
• Lace worked by the needle.
• In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
• (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
• (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
• (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
• To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
• (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
• (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
• (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
• (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
• (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
• (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
• (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
• (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
• (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
• (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
• (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
• (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
• (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
• (dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.

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