points

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of point. Use it when talking about more than one point.

   She scored twelve points in the basketball game.

   He made several good points during the meeting.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular present of point. Use it with he, she, or it.

   She points at the map to show the way.

   He always points out other people's mistakes.

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3. 3
   nounCommonwealthIrelandUKplural

   Movable rails that let a train move from one track onto another.

   Like a movable fork in the road that decides which way a train goes.

   The driver waited for the points to switch before the train moved on.

   Frozen points caused delays across the network that morning.

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4. 4
   nounplural

   Big, exaggerated words or movements an actor uses to stress something on stage.

   Like making your hands and voice extra big so everyone at the back can tell what you mean.

   The actor relied on exaggerated points to drive the joke home.

   Old melodramas were full of broad points aimed at the back row.

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