[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/point/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / point # point noun (point, points); verb (point, points, pointed, pointing) «point» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A point is a score in a game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#m1) 2. A point is a very small dot, or an exact place: a point on a line, a meeting point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#m2) 3. The point is the sharp end of something: the point of a pencil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#m3) 4. The point is the main idea or reason: «What is the point?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#m4) 5. To point is to show with your finger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#m5) 6. A point in a number is a decimal point: 3.5 is «three point five». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#m6) 7. A point can also mean one detail or respect in which two things are alike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#m7) ### In the lessons In maths: points scored in games; decimal point; a dot on a line or a corner of a shape; points on a graph. In everyday life: «good point», «at this point», «point of view». In science: boiling point, freezing point. In stories: «she pointed at the door». ### Examples - She scored 12 points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x1) - Each goal is worth 3 points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x2) - How many more points does Tom have? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x3) - Write 3 point 5 as a number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x4) - Mark the point where the two lines cross. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x5) - Water's boiling point is 100 degrees Celsius. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x6) - It is rude to point at people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x7) - Sharpen your pencil to a fine point. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x8) - That's a good point! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x9) - The point of the game is to have fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/#x10) ### Note Points are counted: add scores; «each goal is worth» gives a rate. «Point» in a number is a decimal point. Trap: «3 point 5» is 3.5, not 35. A point has no length, only a place. «Point of view» means how someone sees things. Safety: never point sharp things or toy weapons at people's faces. ## In Jewish tradition Writers debate how old the vowel points are, since the Torah was written without them and they were added later. "At the point of death" shows how near the psalmist feels to dying. In the primary lessons: In maths: points scored in games; decimal point; a dot on a line or a corner of a shape; points on a graph. In everyday life: «good point», «at this point», «point of view». In science: boiling point, freezing point. In stories: «she pointed at the door». ### Examples - And Moses and Aaron took these men that are pointed out by name. (Torah NUM.1.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/point/#x1) - And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?' (Torah GEN.25.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/point/#x2) - But Isaac Myer states that there are un- doubted traces of pointing in Hebrew MSS. of the second century. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/point/#x3) - So Hushai David's friend came into the city; and Absalom was at the point of coming into Jerusalem. (Prophets 2SA.15.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/point/#x4) - If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. (Writings JOB.41.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/point/#x5) - I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted. (Writings PSA.88.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/point/#x6) ### Note Points are counted: add scores; «each goal is worth» gives a rate. «Point» in a number is a decimal point. Trap: «3 point 5» is 3.5, not 35. A point has no length, only a place. «Point of view» means how someone sees things. Safety: never point sharp things or toy weapons at people's faces. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «point» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/point/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«point» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/point.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «point» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/point/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«point» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/point.html) on Mova free.