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語源

From Middle English point, from Old French point (“a point, dot, full stop, period, speck, hole, stitch, point of time, moment, difficulty, etc.”), from Latin punctum (“a point, puncture”), prop. a hole punched in, substantive use of punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick, punch”). Displaced native Middle English ord (“point”) (from 古期英語 ord (“point”)).

発音

• enPR: point, IPA: /ˈpɔɪnt/, X-SAMPA: /"pOInt/
• 韻: -ɔɪnt

名詞

point (複数形 points)

1. A discrete division of something.
   1. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality. [from 13th c.]

      The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.

   2. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]

      There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.

      At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.

   3. (archaic) Condition, state. [from 13th c.]

      She was not feeling in good point.

   4. A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition, a focus of conversation or consideration. [from 14th c.]

      I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.

   5. (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit. [14th-17th c.]
      • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:

        full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point.

   6. (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment. [14th-17th c.]
   7. A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. [from 14th c.]

      We should meet at a pre-arranged point.

   8. (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. [from 14th c.]
   9. A purpose or objective. [from 14th c.]

      Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.

   10. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. [from 14th c.]
   11. A distinguishing quality or characteristic. [from 15th c.]

       Logic isn't my strong point.

   12. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark. [from 15th c.]

       The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.

   13. (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth. [from 17th c.]

       Possession is nine points of the law.

   14. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc. [from 17th c.]
   15. (gaming) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.]

       The one with the most points will win the game

   16. (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud). [from 18th c.]

       10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten かつ a half)

   17. (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares. [from 19th c.]
   18. (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). [from 19th c.]
   19. (英国用法) An electric power socket. [from 20th c.]
   20. (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.

       Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!

2. A sharp extremity.
   1. The sharp tip of an object. [from 14th c.]

      Cut the skin with the point of the knife.

   2. Any projecting extremity of an object. [from 14th c.]
   3. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip. [from 14th c.]

      His cowboy belt was studded with points.

   4. (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. [from 15th c.]
   5. A peninsula or promontory. [from 15th c.]
   6. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force. [from 16th c.]
      • 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-3011-6, page 189:

        Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.

   7. Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction. [from 16th c.]
   8. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression. [from 17th c.]
      • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

        There was moreover a hint of the duchess in the infinite point with which, as she felt, she exclaimed: "And this is what you call coming often?"

   9. ( rail transport, UK) A railroad switch. [from 19th c.]
   10. (usually in the 複数形) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking. [from 19th c.]

       The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.

   11. (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover. [from 19th c.]

同意語

• (location または place): location, place, position, spot
• (in 幾何学): ord
• (particular moment in an event または occurrence): moment, ord, time
• (sharp tip): end, ord, tip
• (arithmetic symbol): decimal point (name of the symbol; not used when reading decimal fractions aloud)
• (opinion): opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint
• (unit of measure of success または failure): mark (in a competition)
• (color of extremities of an animal):

参考

• Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for the use of point with these verbs

派生語

関連する語

動詞

point (三人称単数 現在形 points, 現在分詞 pointing, 過去形および過去分詞形 pointed)

1. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

   It's rude to point at other people.

   • 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:

     Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.

2. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

   The arrow of a compass points north

   The skis were pointing uphill.

   The arrow on the map points towards the entrance

3. (intransitive) to indicate a probability of something
   • 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, the Guardian:

     Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.

4. (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
5. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction

   If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.

6. (transitive, mathematics) to separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point
7. (transitive) to mark with diacritics
8. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
9. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
10. (intransitive, nautical) to sail close to the wind

    Bear off a little, we're pointing.

11. (transitive, hunting) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

派生語

統計情報

• Most common English words before 1923: number · alone · body · #345: point · letter · become · became

外部リンク

• point in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• point in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• opt in, opt-in
• pinot
• pinto
• piton