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bulletpoint

bulletpoint is the alternative form of bullet point.

Meaning of bullet point

Noun

bullet point (plural bullet points)

  1. The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.
    • Bullet points don't have to be just round dots—you can use any small symbol to start off your line. Hyphens are popular, as are check marks and arrows.1996, Marcia Layton, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Business Writing, page 110
  2. An item in a bulleted list.
    • Bullet points should be short phrases that are parallel.2007, Mary Ellen Guffey, Patricia Rogin, Kathleen Rhodes, Business Communication: Process and Product, page 374
    Synonyms:
    bullet, dot point
  3. (usually) A succinct statement of the kind that might appear in a bulleted list.
    • Panic is immune to debate, to analysis, to earnest and cognitively therapeutic bullet points.2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 29

Forms of bulletpoint

pluralbulletpoints

Questions about bulletpoint

What is bulletpoint the alternative form of?
Bulletpoint is the alternative form of bullet point.

Words near bulletpoint in the dictionary

  1. bulletlike
  2. bulletmaker
  3. bulletmakers
  4. bulletmaking
  5. Bulletmore
  6. bulletpoint
  7. bulletpoints
  8. bulletproof
  9. bulletproof coffee
  10. bulletproof coffees
  11. bulletproof host

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