Points

//pɔɪnts// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
plural of point form-of, plural
2
Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only
3
Exaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance. plural, plural-only
"In my concentrated week at Stratford I found that, although as a theatregoer for decades I could not help marking what the old actors called 'points' now and again, […]"

Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of point form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

1
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Synonyms

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Example

"The essential points of my argument have been expressed in the preceding pages."

Related phrases

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