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| n. (time) | 1. period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ fundamental measure, fundamental quantity | one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement. |
| ~ test period, trial period | a period of time during which someone or something is tested. |
| ~ time frame | a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur.; "an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame" |
| ~ hours | an indefinite period of time.; "they talked for hours" |
| ~ downtime | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions). |
| ~ uptime | a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use. |
| ~ work time | a time period when you are required to work. |
| ~ time off | a time period when you are not required to work.; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral" |
| ~ bout | a period of illness.; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression" |
| ~ hospitalization | a period of time when you are confined to a hospital.; "now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization" |
| ~ travel time | a period of time spent traveling.; "workers were not paid for their travel time between home and factory" |
| ~ times | a more or less definite period of time now or previously present.; "it was a sign of the times" |
| ~ time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| ~ elapsed time | the time that elapses while some event is occurring. |
| ~ duration, continuance | the period of time during which something continues. |
| ~ calendar week, week | a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday. |
| ~ midweek | the middle of a week. |
| ~ field day | a time of unusual pleasure and success. |
| ~ life-time, lifespan, lifetime, life | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).; "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" |
| ~ life | the period between birth and the present time.; "I have known him all his life" |
| ~ life | the period from the present until death.; "he appointed himself emperor for life" |
| ~ millennium, millenary | a span of 1000 years. |
| ~ bimillenary, bimillennium | a span of 2000 years. |
| ~ occupation | the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied.; "during the German occupation of Paris" |
| ~ past | a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).; "reporters dug into the candidate's past" |
| ~ shelf life | the length of time a packaged food or drug will last without deteriorating. |
| ~ puerperium | time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved.; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium" |
| ~ lactation | the period following birth during which milk is secreted.; "lactation normally continues until weaning" |
| ~ time of life | a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state. |
| ~ calendar day, civil day | a day reckoned from midnight to midnight. |
| ~ festival | a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration. |
| ~ daylight, daytime, day | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" |
| ~ forenoon, morn, morning, morning time | the time period between dawn and noon.; "I spent the morning running errands" |
| ~ night, nighttime, dark | the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. |
| ~ night | the time between sunset and midnight.; "he watched television every night" |
| ~ night | the period spent sleeping.; "I had a restless night" |
| ~ night | a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom. |
| ~ eve | the period immediately before something.; "on the eve of the French Revolution" |
| ~ evening | the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way.; "an evening at the opera" |
| ~ hebdomad, week | any period of seven consecutive days.; "it rained for a week" |
| ~ fortnight, two weeks | a period of fourteen consecutive days.; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight" |
| ~ weekend | a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday. |
| ~ indian summer, saint martin's summer | a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn. |
| ~ year | the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun.; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" |
| ~ schooltime, school day, school | the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session.; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together" |
| ~ twelvemonth, year, yr | a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" |
| ~ year | a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity.; "a school year" |
| ~ semester | half a year; a period of 6 months. |
| ~ bimester | a period of 2 months. |
| ~ olympiad | one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC. |
| ~ lustrum | a period of five years. |
| ~ decade, decennary, decennium | a period of 10 years. |
| ~ century | a period of 100 years. |
| ~ quadrennium | a period of four years. |
| ~ quinquennium | a period of five years. |
| ~ half-century | a period of 50 years. |
| ~ quarter-century | a period of 25 years. |
| ~ quarter | a fourth part of a year; three months.; "unemployment fell during the last quarter" |
| ~ phase of the moon | a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance. |
| ~ day | the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis.; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" |
| ~ calendar month, month | one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year.; "he paid the bill last month" |
| ~ mid-january | the middle part of January. |
| ~ mid-february | the middle part of February. |
| ~ mid-march | the middle part of March. |
| ~ mid-april | the middle part of April. |
| ~ mid-may | the middle part of May. |
| ~ mid-june | the middle part of June. |
| ~ mid-july | the middle part of July. |
| ~ mid-august | the middle part of August. |
| ~ mid-september | the middle part of September. |
| ~ mid-october | the middle part of October. |
| ~ mid-november | the middle part of November. |
| ~ mid-december | the middle part of December. |
| ~ time limit | a time period within which something must be done or completed. |
| ~ term | a limited period of time.; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" |
| ~ trimester | a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided. |
| ~ hour | a special and memorable period.; "it was their finest hour" |
| ~ silly season | a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news. |
| ~ golden age | (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period. |
| ~ silver age | (classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age. |
| ~ bronze age | (classical mythology) the third age of the world, marked by war and violence. |
| ~ bronze age | (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons. |
| ~ iron age | (classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world. |
| ~ iron age | (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons. |
| ~ stone age | (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements. |
| ~ eolithic, eolithic age | the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture. |
| ~ palaeolithic, paleolithic, paleolithic age | second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC. |
| ~ lower paleolithic | the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago. |
| ~ middle paleolithic | the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC. |
| ~ upper paleolithic | the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC. |
| ~ epipaleolithic, mesolithic, mesolithic age | middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago. |
| ~ neolithic, neolithic age, new stone age | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere). |
| ~ great year, platonic year | time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years. |
| ~ regulation time | (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game.; "the game was finished in regulation time" |
| ~ extra time, overtime | playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie. |
| ~ time of year, season | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions.; "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
| ~ canicular days, canicule, dog days | the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity. |
| ~ midwinter | the middle of winter. |
| ~ season | a recurrent time marked by major holidays.; "it was the Christmas season" |
| ~ season | a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field.; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season" |
| ~ long time, years, age | a prolonged period of time.; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years" |
| ~ long run, long haul | a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out.; "in the long run we will win"; "in the long run we will all be dead"; "he performed well over the long haul" |
| ~ drouth, drought | a prolonged shortage.; "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought" |
| ~ epoch, era | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. |
| ~ generation | the normal time between successive generations.; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade" |
| ~ prehistoric culture, prehistory | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word. |
| ~ reign | a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful.; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism" |
| ~ run | the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation.; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run" |
| ~ early days, youth | an early period of development.; "during the youth of the project" |
| ~ dawn | an opening time period.; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" |
| ~ evening | a later concluding time period.; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" |
| ~ time | a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something.; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time" |
| ~ nap, sleep | a period of time spent sleeping.; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" |
| ~ term of a contract, lease | the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect. |
| ~ half-life, half life | the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate). |
| ~ lunar time period, tide | there are usually two high and two low tides each day. |
| ~ phase, stage | any distinct time period in a sequence of events.; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" |
| ~ multistage | occurring in more than one stage. |
| ~ watch | the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty. |
| ~ peacetime | a period of time during which there is no war. |
| ~ wartime | a period of time during which there is armed conflict. |
| ~ duty tour, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, tour | a period of time spent in military service. |
| ~ honeymoon | the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political. |
| ~ indiction | a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms. |
| ~ prohibition era, prohibition | the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. |
| ~ incubation period | the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease. |
| ~ rainy day | a (future) time of financial need.; "I am saving for a rainy day" |
| ~ noviciate, novitiate | the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order). |
| ~ efflorescence, flush, heyday, blossom, peak, prime, flower, bloom | the period of greatest prosperity or productivity. |
| ~ running time | the length of time that a movie or tv show runs. |
| ~ clotting time | the time it takes for a sample of blood to clot; used to diagnose some clotting disorders. |
| ~ air alert | the time period during which military and civilian agencies are prepared for an enemy air attack. |
| ~ great schism | the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon. |
| ~ question time | a period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers. |
| ~ real time | (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur. |
| ~ real time | the actual time that it takes a process to occur.; "information is updated in real time" |
| ~ study hall | a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study. |
| ~ usance | the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange). |
| ~ window | the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something.; "the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves"; "they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded" |
| n. (time) | 2. period | the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon. |
| ~ interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
| ~ orbit period | the time it takes to complete one full orbit around a celestial body.; "the orbit period depends on the altitude of the satellite" |
| n. (time) | 3. period | (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games. |
| ~ hockey game, ice hockey, hockey | a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| n. (time) | 4. geological period, period | a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed.; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods" |
| ~ geologic time, geological time | the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history). |
| ~ age of man, quaternary, quaternary period | last 2 million years. |
| ~ tertiary, tertiary period | from 63 million to 2 million years ago. |
| ~ cretaceous, cretaceous period | from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants. |
| ~ jurassic, jurassic period | from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers. |
| ~ triassic, triassic period | from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity. |
| ~ permian, permian period | from 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles. |
| ~ carboniferous, carboniferous period | from 345 million to 280 million years ago. |
| ~ pennsylvanian, pennsylvanian period, upper carboniferous, upper carboniferous period | from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land. |
| ~ lower carboniferous, lower carboniferous period, missippian period, mississippian | from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects. |
| ~ age of fishes, devonian, devonian period | from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites. |
| ~ silurian, silurian period | from 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air-breathing animals. |
| ~ ordovician, ordovician period | from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds. |
| ~ cambrian, cambrian period | from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates. |
| ~ geological era, era | a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods. |
| ~ epoch | a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages. |
| ~ glacial epoch, glacial period, ice age | any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface.; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene" |
| n. (time) | 5. period | the end or completion of something.; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility" |
| ~ figure of speech, trope, image, figure | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. |
| ~ end, ending | the point in time at which something ends.; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" |
| n. (process) | 6. catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females" |
| ~ expelling, discharge, emission | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.; "the discharge of pus" |
| ~ hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia | abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged. |
| ~ oligomenorrhea | abnormally light or infrequent menstruation. |
| n. (communication) | 7. full point, full stop, period, point, stop | 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" |
| ~ punctuation mark, punctuation | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
| ~ suspension point | (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete. |
| point | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. point | a geometric element that has position but no extension.; "a point is defined by its coordinates" |
| ~ attracter, attractor | (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system. |
| ~ intersection, intersection point, point of intersection | a point where lines intersect. |
| ~ component, element, factor, ingredient, constituent | an abstract part of something.; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" |
| ~ intercept | the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis. |
| n. (location) | 2. point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| ~ punctum | (anatomy) a point or small area. |
| ~ optic disc, optic disk, blind spot | the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light. |
| ~ belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached.; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" |
| ~ mcburney's point | a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis. |
| ~ node | (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system. |
| ~ antinode | (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system. |
| ~ origin, source, root, rootage, beginning | the place where something begins, where it springs into being.; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" |
| ~ celestial point | a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere). |
| ~ midpoint, centre, center | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. |
| ~ crinion, trichion | point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead. |
| ~ chokepoint | a point of congestion or blockage.; "the bridge is always a chokepoint at rush hour" |
| ~ corner | the point where two lines meet or intersect.; "the corners of a rectangle" |
| ~ crossing | a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect. |
| ~ focus | a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section. |
| ~ geographic point, geographical point | a point on the surface of the Earth. |
| ~ ground zero | the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon. |
| ~ hot spot, hotspot | a point of relatively intense heat or radiation. |
| ~ midair | some point in the air; above ground level.; "the planes collided in midair" |
| ~ abutment | point of contact between two objects or parts. |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ position | the appropriate or customary location.; "the cars were in position" |
| ~ pressure point | any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point. |
| ~ military position, position | a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons. |
| ~ corner | the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect.; "the corners of a cube" |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| ~ vanishing point | the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist. |
| ~ focal point, focus | a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges. |
| ~ hilum | the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle. |
| ~ nidus, focal point, focus | a central point or locus of an infection in an organism.; "the focus of infection" |
| n. (communication) | 3. point | 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" |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ bottom line | the decisive point. |
| ~ crux of the matter, crux | the most important point. |
| ~ rallying point | a point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together. |
| ~ talking point | an especially persuasive point helping to support an argument or discussion. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. detail, item, point | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| ~ minutia | a small or minor detail.; "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code" |
| ~ nook and cranny, nooks and crannies | something remote.; "he explored every nook and cranny of science" |
| ~ regard, respect | (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point.; "it differs in that respect" |
| ~ sticking point | a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal. |
| ~ technicality, trifle, triviality | a detail that is considered insignificant. |
| n. (state) | 5. degree, level, point, stage | 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?" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ ladder | ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress.; "he climbed the career ladder" |
| ~ acme, meridian, summit, tiptop, elevation, height, pinnacle, superlative, peak, top | the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" |
| ~ extent | the point or degree to which something extends.; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right" |
| ~ resultant, end point | the final point in a process. |
| ~ standard of life, standard of living | a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group.; "they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country"; "the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system" |
| ~ plane | a level of existence or development.; "he lived on a worldly plane" |
| ~ state of the art | the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time.; "the state of the art in space travel" |
| ~ ultimacy, ultimateness | the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance,.; "the ultimacy of these social values" |
| ~ quickening | the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus. |
| ~ climax | the most severe stage of a disease. |
| n. (time) | 6. point, point in time | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ distance | a remote point in time.; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details" |
| ~ particular date, date | a particular but unspecified point in time.; "they hoped to get together at an early date" |
| ~ deadline | the point in time at which something must be completed. |
| ~ arrival time, time of arrival | the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to arrive at a given destination. |
| ~ departure time, time of departure | the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to depart from a given point of origin. |
| ~ midterm | middle of an academic term or a political term in office. |
| ~ full term, term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent.; "a healthy baby born at full term" |
| ~ midterm | the middle of the gestation period. |
| ~ moment, instant, minute, second | a particular point in time.; "the moment he arrived the party began" |
| ~ run-time | the time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run. |
| ~ commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, kickoff, start, first | the time at which something is supposed to begin.; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" |
| ~ middle | time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period.; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April" |
| ~ end, ending | the point in time at which something ends.; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" |
| ~ phase angle, phase | a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle. |
| ~ show time | the point in time at which an entertainment (a movie or television show etc.) is scheduled to begin. |
| ~ then | that time; that moment.; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on" |
| n. (cognition) | 7. point | the object of an activity.; "what is the point of discussing it?" |
| ~ objective, aim, object, target | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable).; "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" |
| n. (shape) | 8. peak, point, tip | a V shape.; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
| ~ alpenstock | a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers. |
| ~ arrowhead | the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. |
| ~ knife | a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point. |
| ~ pencil | a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood. |
| ~ sword, steel, blade, brand | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard. |
| ~ widow's peak | a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead. |
| ~ cusp | small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth. |
| ~ convex shape, convexity | a shape that curves or bulges outward. |
| ~ cone shape, conoid, cone | a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point. |
| ~ head | the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates). |
| n. (shape) | 9. dot, point | a very small circular shape.; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" |
| ~ disk, saucer, disc | something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" |
| n. (quantity) | 10. point | the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest.; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" |
| ~ extra point, point after, point after touchdown | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown. |
| ~ unit, unit of measurement | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume" |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| ~ advantage | (tennis) first point scored after deuce. |
| ~ set point | (tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis. |
| ~ match point | (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis). |
| n. (object) | 11. point | a promontory extending out into a large body of water.; "they sailed south around the point" |
| ~ foreland, headland, promontory, head | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea). |
| n. (communication) | 12. item, point | 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" |
| ~ list, listing | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics). |
| ~ agenda item | one of the items to be considered. |
| ~ incidental | an item that is incidental. |
| ~ inventory item | an item listed in an inventory. |
| ~ line item | an item in an appropriation bill.; "Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets" |
| ~ news item | an item in a newspaper. |
| ~ position, place | an item on a list or in a sequence.; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" |
| ~ component part, part, portion, component, constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it.; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
| n. (linkdef) | 13. point | a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect. |
| ~ relevance, relevancy | the relation of something to the matter at hand. |
| n. (attribute) | 14. point, spot | an outstanding characteristic.; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" |
| ~ characteristic | a distinguishing quality. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. point | sharp end.; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| ~ arrowhead | the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. |
| ~ awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes. |
| ~ barb | a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove. |
| ~ barb | the pointed part of barbed wire. |
| ~ cusp | point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch). |
| ~ diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond. |
| ~ ice pick, icepick | pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice. |
| ~ knife | edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle. |
| ~ needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel). |
| ~ nib, pen nib | the writing point of a pen. |
| ~ pencil | a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood. |
| ~ pike | a sharp point (as on the end of a spear). |
| ~ pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. |
| ~ pinpoint | the sharp point of a pin. |
| ~ spear-point, spearpoint, spearhead | the head and sharpened point of a spear. |
| ~ spike | each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves).; "the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game"; "golfers' spikes damage the putting greens" |
| ~ end, terminal | either extremity of something that has length.; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" |
| n. (linkdef) | 16. compass point, point | any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass.; "he checked the point on his compass" |
| ~ direction | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves.; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
| ~ cardinal compass point | one of the four main compass points. |
| ~ nbe, north by east | the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north. |
| ~ nne, nor'-nor'-east, north northeast | the compass point that is midway between north and northeast. |
| ~ nebn, northeast by north | the compass point that is one point north of northeast. |
| ~ nor'-east, northeast, northeastward, ne | the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees. |
| ~ nebe, northeast by east | the compass point that is one point east of northeast. |
| ~ east northeast, ene | the compass point midway between northeast and east. |
| ~ east by north, ebn | the compass point that is one point north of due east. |
| ~ east by south, ebs | the compass point that is one point south of due east. |
| ~ east southeast, ese | the compass point midway between east and southeast. |
| ~ sebe, southeast by east | the compass point that is one point east of southeast. |
| ~ sou'-east, southeast, southeastward, se | the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees. |
| ~ sebs, southeast by south | the compass point that is one point south of southeast. |
| ~ sou'-sou'-east, south southeast, sse | the compass point midway between south and southeast. |
| ~ sbe, south by east | the compass point that is one point east of due south. |
| ~ sbw, south by west | the compass point that is one point west of due south. |
| ~ sou'-sou'-west, south southwest, ssw | the compass point midway between south and southwest. |
| ~ southwest by south, swbs | the compass point that is one point south of southwest. |
| ~ sou'-west, southwest, southwestward, sw | the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees. |
| ~ southwest by west, swbw | the compass point that is one point west of southwest. |
| ~ west southwest, wsw | the compass point midway between west and southwest. |
| ~ wbs, west by south | the compass point that is one point south of due west. |
| ~ wbn, west by north | the compass point that is one point north of due west. |
| ~ west northwest, wnw | the compass point midway between west and northwest. |
| ~ northwest by west, nwbw | the compass point that is one point west of northwest. |
| ~ nor'-west, northwestward, nw, northwest | the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees. |
| ~ northwest by north, nwbn | the compass point that is one point north of northwest. |
| ~ nnw, nor'-nor'-west, north northwest | the compass point that is midway between north and northwest. |
| ~ nbw, north by west | the compass point that is one point west of due north. |
| n. (quantity) | 17. point | a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ pica em, em, pica | a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing. |
| n. (possession) | 18. point | 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. |
| ~ loan | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest). |
| n. (communication) | 19. head, point | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
| ~ mark | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation).; "his answer was just a punctuation mark" |
| ~ arrow, pointer | a mark to indicate a direction or relation. |
| n. (communication) | 20. decimal point, percentage point, point | the dot at the left of a decimal fraction. |
| ~ mathematical notation | a notation used by mathematicians. |
| n. (attribute) | 21. point, pointedness | the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip. |
| ~ taper | the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone). |
| n. (attribute) | 22. point | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic.; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points" |
| ~ characteristic | a distinguishing quality. |
| ~ selling point | a characteristic of something that is up for sale that makes it attractive to potential customers. |
| n. (artifact) | 23. gunpoint, point | the gun muzzle's direction.; "he held me up at the point of a gun" |
| ~ gun muzzle, muzzle | the open circular discharging end of a gun. |
| n. (artifact) | 24. point, power point | a wall socket. |
| ~ electric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, wall plug, wall socket, outlet | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (artifact) | 25. breaker point, distributor point, point | a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs. |
| ~ tangency, contact | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.; "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| ~ electrical distributor, distributer, distributor | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence. |
| v. (communication) | 26. designate, indicate, point, show | 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" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ point | indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle.; "the dog pointed the dead duck" |
| ~ finger | indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments. |
| ~ call attention, point out, signalise, signalize | point out carefully and clearly. |
| ~ reflect | manifest or bring back.; "This action reflects his true beliefs" |
| v. (stative) | 27. orient, point | be oriented.; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| v. (competition) | 28. charge, level, point | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ point | be positionable in a specified manner.; "The gun points with ease" |
| v. (motion) | 29. channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| ~ dock | maneuver into a dock.; "dock the ships" |
| ~ sheer | cause to sheer.; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" |
| ~ pull over | steer a vehicle to the side of the road.; "The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed" |
| ~ helm | be at or take the helm of.; "helm the ship" |
| ~ crab | direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind. |
| ~ navigate | direct carefully and safely.; "He navigated his way to the altar" |
| ~ stand out | steer away from shore, of ships. |
| ~ starboard | turn to the right, of helms or rudders. |
| ~ conn | conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane. |
| ~ navigate, pilot | act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance.; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" |
| ~ canalise, canalize, channel | direct the flow of.; "channel information towards a broad audience" |
| ~ tree, corner | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. |
| ~ park | maneuver a vehicle into a parking space.; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?" |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| v. (communication) | 30. bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal | 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" |
| ~ augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, portend, presage, betoken, predict, prefigure, prognosticate, forecast, foretell | indicate by signs.; "These signs bode bad news" |
| ~ mark | designate as if by a mark.; "This sign marks the border" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| v. (motion) | 31. luff, point | sail close to the wind. |
| ~ navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ sail | travel on water propelled by wind.; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" |
| v. (contact) | 32. point | mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics. |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| v. (contact) | 33. point | mark with diacritics.; "point the letter" |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| v. (contact) | 34. point | mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes. |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| v. (competition) | 35. point | be positionable in a specified manner.; "The gun points with ease" |
| ~ point, level, charge | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (competition) | 36. aim, direct, place, point, target | 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" |
| ~ address | direct a question at someone. |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ home in, range in, zero in | direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids. |
| v. (communication) | 37. point | indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle.; "the dog pointed the dead duck" |
| ~ point, indicate, designate, show | 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" |
| v. (change) | 38. point, sharpen, taper | give a point to.; "The candles are tapered" |
| ~ change form, change shape, deform | assume a different shape or form. |
| ~ acuminate | make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point. |
| v. (change) | 39. point, repoint | repair the joints of bricks.; "point a chimney" |
| ~ bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, doctor, touch on, restore | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
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