Points
/pɔɪnts/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
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.
Example
More examples"The essential points of my argument have been expressed in the preceding pages."