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point

noun

1. A sharp or tapered end:

acicula, acumination, apex, cusp, mucro, mucronation, tip.

2. A very small mark:

dash, dot, fleck, pinpoint, speck, spot.

3. A particular portion of space chosen for something:

location, locus, place, spot.

4. One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale:

degree, grade, level, peg, rung, stage, step.

Informal: notch.

5. A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur:

borderline, brink, edge, threshold, verge.

6. A particular interval of time that is limited and often crucial:

instant, juncture, moment.

7. What one intends to do or achieve:

aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, purpose, target, view, why.

Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore.

8. What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about:

argument, matter, subject, subject matter, text, theme, topic.

9. The gist of a specific action or situation:

idea, import, meaning, purport, significance, significancy.

10. A course of reasoning:

argument, case.

11. An individually considered portion of a whole:

article, detail, element, item, particular.

verb

1. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:

aim, cast, direct, head, level, set, train, turn, zero in.

Military: lay.

2. To call or direct attention to something:

advert, bring up, mention, point out, refer, touch (on or upon).

3. To mark with punctuation:

punctuate.

phrasal verb
point out

1. To make known or identify, as by signs:

denote, designate, indicate, mark, show, specify.

2. To call or direct attention to something:

advert, bring up, mention, point, refer, touch (on or upon).

phrasal verb
point to

1. To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of:

argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, indicate, mark, testify, witness.

2. To lead to by logical inference:

imply, indicate, suggest.

phrasal verb
point up

To accord emphasis to:

accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, stress, underline, underscore.

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