points
/pɔɪnts/
points is the plural of point.
points is the third-person singular simple present indicative of point.
Noun
points pl (plural only)
- Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
- Synonyms:
- switch
- Exaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance.
- 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, […]1977, Drama: The quarterly theatre review, numbers 124-131, page 16
- The nineteenth century acting technique of making points was encouraged by the dramaturgy of the melodramas which dominated the stage. The style was in fact difficult to avoid in many popular plays.2014, Amy Lehman, Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance, page 21
Meaning of point
Noun
point (countable and uncountable, plural points)
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Commas and points they set exactly right.1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires
- A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- 10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- A note; a tune.
- Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees...
Proper noun capitalized: Points
Points
Synonyms of points
Words formed from points
Phrases with points
- points up
- ace points
- cut points
- dew points
- dot points
- dry points
- end points
- far points
- hit points
- ice points
- low points
- nip points
185 more phrasesFewer phrases
- nul points
- points out
- red points
- set points
- tax points
- two points
- wax points
- base points
- bite points
- blue points
- cash points
- clip points
- code points
- data points
- deep points
- drip points
- fess points
- fire points
- Five Points
- full points
- game points
- gold points
- grid points
- high points
- join points
- life points
- mana points
- moot points
- mute points
- near points
- nick points
- pain points
- plot points
- pogi points
- points race
- reef points
- save points
- seal points
- soft points
- sore points
- till points
- trig points
- view points
- weak points
- zero points
- arrow points
- axial points
- basis points
- bliss points
- bonus points
- break points
- choke points
- cloud points
- cover points
- Curie points
- datum points
- Didot points
- entry points
- extra points
- fesse points
- fixed points
- flash points
- focal points
- frost points
- grade points
- Grebe points
- honor points
- house points
- ideal points
- knick points
- lilac points
- limit points
- magic points
- match points
- minor points
- mount points
- navel points
- omega points
- organ points
- pedal points
- peril points
- pinch points
- pivot points
- plain points
- plant points
- points races
- power points
- price points
- radix points
- Radon points
- score points
- silly points
- skill points
- smoke points
- spawn points
- toast points
- trois points
- vowel points
- yield points
- access points
- action points
- anchor points
- at all points
- binary points
- biting points
- bullet points
- Clovis points
- commit points
- Disney points
- double points
- Exeter points
- Fermat points
- finger points
- firing points
- flying points
- health points
- hollow points
- lambda points
- middle points
- monkey points
- points of use
- raised points
- saddle points
- sample points
- scored points
- scores points
- specie points
- strong points
- triple points
- Trojan points
- turned points
- vernal points
- ability points
- boiling points
- Brocard points
- brownie points
- compass points
- control points
- decimal points
- demerit points
- Eckardt points
- extreme points
- frontal points
- Heegner points
- initial points
- jacking points
- lattice points
- Lemoine points
- melting points
- nombril points
- passion points
- penalty points
- points d'appui
- points fingers
- points in time
- points of sail
- points of sale
- points of view
- quarter points
- reparse points
- salient points
- scatter points
- scoring points
- selling points
- speaker points
- Steiner points
- Sylvian points
- talking points
- tipping points
- trigger points
- Truchet points
- turning points
- vaccine points
- vantage points
- victory points
- assembly points
- breaking points
- cardinal points
- charging points
- compound points
- critical points
- dripping points
- dropping points
- eutectic points
- Fournier points
Words that rhyme with points
Questions about points
- What does points mean?
- Points means movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
- What is points the plural of?
- Points is the plural of point.
- What part of speech is points?
- Points can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce points?
- Points is pronounced /pɔɪnts/.
Words near points in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: points (page history and authors); Points (page history and authors); point (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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