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point
noun as in speck
noun as in specific location
noun as in circumstance, stage; limited time
noun as in goal, aim
Strong matches
appeal, attraction, charm, cogency, design, fascination, intent, intention, interest, motive, nitty-gritty, nub, object, punch, purpose, significance, use, usefulness, utility, validity, validness
Weak matches
noun as in meaning, essence
Strong matches
argument, burden, core, crux, drift, force, gist, head, heart, import, kicker, marrow, meat, motif, motive, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, pointer, proposition, stuff, text, thrust, tip, tip-off
Weak matches
bottom line, main idea, name of the game, nuts and bolts, punch line, subject matter
noun as in aspect, characteristic
Strong matches
attribute, circumstance, constituent, facet, feature, instance, item, material, nicety, particular, peculiarity, property, quality, respect, trait
Weak match
noun as in scoring unit of sport competition
verb as in show as probable; call attention
Example Sentences
In the ring, Christy rises, she falls, she stumbles and gets back up again; all the points needed to convince the audience of her resilience are there.
But the result was the same, a flurry of points came Australia's way late on, and the whitewash was complete.
"From my point of view, shovelling people into former barracks is not the best use of money and for those seeking asylum," said Mr Smith.
"There is a lot more points on offer tomorrow, so the better job I can do to get myself a good starting spot, the better it will be."
Both sides move onto 18 points from 11 games but goal difference separates Spurs in third from United in seventh.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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