| indicate | | |
| bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal | (v.) | be a signal for or a symptom of.; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" |
| designate, indicate, point, show | (v.) | indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" |
| indicate | (v.) | to state or express briefly.; "indicated his wishes in a letter" |
| argue, indicate | (v.) | give evidence of.; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work" |
| indicate, suggest | (v.) | suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine.; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" |
| point | | |
| point | (n.) | a geometric element that has position but no extension.; "a point is defined by its coordinates" |
| point | (n.) | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| point | (n.) | a brief version of the essential meaning of something.; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point" |
| detail, item, point | (n.) | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" |
| degree, level, point, stage | (n.) | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| point, point in time | (n.) | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| point | (n.) | the object of an activity.; "what is the point of discussing it?" |
| peak, point, tip | (n.) | a V shape.; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
| dot, point | (n.) | a very small circular shape.; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" |
| point | (n.) | the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest.; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" |
| point | (n.) | a promontory extending out into a large body of water.; "they sailed south around the point" |
| item, point | (n.) | a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" |
| point | (n.) | a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect. |
| point, spot | (n.) | an outstanding characteristic.; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" |
| point | (n.) | sharp end.; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| compass point, point | (n.) | any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass.; "he checked the point on his compass" |
| point | (n.) | a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch. |
| point | (n.) | one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan. |
| full point, full stop, period, point, stop | (n.) | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.; "in England they call a period a stop" |
| head, point | (n.) | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
| decimal point, percentage point, point | (n.) | the dot at the left of a decimal fraction. |
| point, pointedness | (n.) | the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip. |
| point | (n.) | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic.; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points" |
| gunpoint, point | (n.) | the gun muzzle's direction.; "he held me up at the point of a gun" |
| point, power point | (n.) | a wall socket. |
| breaker point, distributor point, point | (n.) | a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs. |
| orient, point | (v.) | be oriented.; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" |
| charge, level, point | (v.) | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | (v.) | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| luff, point | (v.) | sail close to the wind. |
| point | (v.) | mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics. |
| point | (v.) | mark with diacritics.; "point the letter" |
| point | (v.) | mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes. |
| point | (v.) | be positionable in a specified manner.; "The gun points with ease" |
| aim, direct, place, point, target | (v.) | intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" |
| point | (v.) | indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle.; "the dog pointed the dead duck" |
| point, sharpen, taper | (v.) | give a point to.; "The candles are tapered" |
| point, repoint | (v.) | repair the joints of bricks.; "point a chimney" |
| instruct | | |
| instruct, learn, teach | (v.) | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| instruct | (v.) | give instructions or directions for some task.; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" |
| apprise, apprize, instruct | (v.) | make aware of.; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" |
| teach | | |
| blackbeard, edward teach, edward thatch, teach, thatch | (n.) | an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718). |
| teach | (v.) | accustom gradually to some action or attitude.; "The child is taught to obey her parents" |
| finger | | |
| finger | (n.) | any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb).; "her fingers were long and thin" |
| digit, finger, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth | (n.) | the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. |
| finger | (n.) | one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb. |
| finger, thumb | (v.) | feel or handle with the fingers.; "finger the binding of the book" |
| feel, finger | (v.) | examine by touch.; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" |
| finger | (v.) | search for on the computer.; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" |
| finger | (v.) | indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments. |
| tutor | | |
| coach, private instructor, tutor | (n.) | a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.). |
| tutor | (v.) | be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction.; "She tutored me in Spanish" |
| tutor | (v.) | act as a guardian to someone. |
| instruct | | |
| indicate | | |
| appoint | | |
| appoint, constitute, name, nominate | (v.) | create and charge with a task or function.; "nominate a committee" |
| appoint, charge | (v.) | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| appoint | (v.) | furnish.; "a beautifully appointed house" |
| teach | | |
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