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bullet-pointing

bullet-pointing is the present participle and gerund of bullet-point.

Meaning of bullet-point

Verb

bullet-point (third-person singular simple present bullet-points, present participle bullet-pointing, simple past and past participle bullet-pointed)

  1. (transitive) To describe in a set of bullet points.
    • Concept mapping, mind mapping and cognitive mapping are useful means of breaking with the linearity of scribing what has been said or ‘bullet-pointing’ a discussion.2000, Ann Taket, Leroy White, Partnership and Participation: Decision-making in the Multiagency Setting, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, page 131

Questions about bullet-pointing

What is bullet-pointing the present participle and gerund of?
Bullet-pointing is the present participle and gerund of bullet-point.

Words near bullet-pointing in the dictionary

  1. bullet-headed
  2. bullet-heads
  3. bullet-nose
  4. bullet-point
  5. bullet-pointed
  6. bullet-pointing
  7. bullet-points
  8. bullet-proof
  9. bullet-proofed
  10. bullet-proofing
  11. bullet-proofs

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