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dot points

dot points is the plural of dot point.

Meaning of dot point

Noun

dot point (plural dot points)

  1. (Australia) An item in a bulleted list.
    • Dot points work well when
      each dot is a short phrase or clause (like this)
      each one runs no longer than this (try to keep each point from run-
      ning over a line, like this)
      […]
      But different rules apply when each dot point is a sentence or a paragraph—when, in other words, it stands on its own...2010, Mark Tredinnick, Geoff Whyte, The Little Black Book of Business Writing, page 159
    Synonyms:
    bullet point

Questions about dot points

What is dot points the plural of?
Dot points is the plural of dot point.

Words near dot points in the dictionary

  1. dot matrixes
  2. dot or feather
  3. dot painting
  4. dot paintings
  5. dot point
  6. dot points
  7. dot product
  8. dot products
  9. dot release
  10. dot releases
  11. dot the i's

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