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| NOUN: | 1. A course of reasoning: argument, case. See REASON. 2. One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale: degree, grade, level, peg, rung, stage, step. Informal : notch. See BIG. 3. An individually considered portion of a whole: article, detail, element, item, particular. See PART. 4. The gist of a specific action or situation: idea, import, meaning, purport, significance, significancy. See MEANING. 5. A particular interval of time that is limited and often crucial: instant, juncture, moment. See TIME. 6. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, purpose, target, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 7. A particular portion of space chosen for something: location, locus, place, spot. See PLACE. 8. A sharp or tapered end: acicula, acumination, apex, cusp, mucro, mucronation, tip1. See SHARP. 9. A very small mark: dash, dot, fleck, pinpoint, speck, spot. See MARKS. 10. What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about: argument, matter, subject, subject matter, text, theme, topic. See MEANING. 11. A transitional interval beyond which some new action or different state of affairs is likely to begin or occur: borderline, brink, edge, threshold, verge. See EDGE. | | VERB: | 1. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: aim, cast, direct, head, level, set1, train, turn, zero in. Military : lay1. See SEEK. 2. To mark with punctuation: punctuate. See MARKS. 3. To call or direct attention to something: advert, bring up, mention, point out, refer, touch (on or upon). See WORDS. | | PHRASAL VERB: | point out To make known or identify, as by signs: denote, designate, indicate, mark, show, specify. See SHOW. point out To call or direct attention to something: advert, bring up, mention, point, refer, touch (on or upon). See WORDS. point to 1. To lead to by logical inference: imply, indicate, suggest. See MEANING. 2. To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of: argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, indicate, mark, testify, witness. See SHOW. point up To accord emphasis to: accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, stress, underline, underscore. See IMPORTANT.
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