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Point

point is on the Basic English 850 List.

pocket - point - poison

point is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

plus - point - police

Noun

Points on a line

This number is said as "ninety-nine point nine repeating"

(countable) A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.
These two lines meet at this point.
(countable) A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing.
He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can.
(countable) The point of something is the reason or purpose for it.
The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it.
(countable) (informal) A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.
- Synonym: decimal point
You need a point between the one and the zero.

Plain form
point

Third-person singular
points

Past tense
pointed

Past participle
pointed

Present participle
pointing

Uncle Sam pointing his finger at you

To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing.
He pointed her toward the gate.

(informal) You use point to introduce decimals in a number that is not an integer.
- Synonym: decimal
The price has gone up by two point five percent (2.5%).