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"POINTS" is a plural of: point. |
Date "POINTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | Prepaid interest assessed at closing by the lender. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A series of thin steel pins, usually tapered, one to each comb space, used to take up the crossed threads of the lace. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Points Armed at all points. "Armé de toutes pièces," or "Armé jusqu' aux dents." "Armed at all points exactly cap-à-pie. " To stand on points. On punctilios; delicacy of behaviour. "This fellow doth not stand upon points."- Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, v. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In classical geometry, a point is an entity that has no extent. In the modern set theoretic approach to topology, this is formalised as: a point in a space X is simply an element of the set X.See also: solution point In navigation, especially at sea, a point is defined as one eighth of a right angle, and therefore equals exactly 11.25 degrees. For example, a bearing of northwest by north differs by one point from a northwest bearing, and by a point from a north-northwest one. In typography, a point is approximately 1/72 inch; on computer displays it is often the height of one or four pixels. In sports and games, a point is a unit of scoring. A point on a railroad is also called a railroad switch.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Point."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A railroad switch (known in British English as a point, a set of points, or occasionally a turnout) is a construction where a railroad track A splits into two tracks B and C. It can be in two positions, which determine whether a train coming from A is led to B or C. A train coming from B or C is led to A anyway, but this movement is smoother if the switch is set to the appropriate position.The switch contains a pair of linked tapering rails that can be moved laterally (point blades).
The position of the switch is usually changed electrically and controlled from a remote control center or signal box, from where staff also alter semaphores or light signals correspondingly. In rarely used sidings, self-contained marshalling yards or on heritage railways a switch might be manually operated with a points lever. A switch point of a tram is often operated remotely by the driver.
With a right switch A and B form a straight track and C is to the right of B, with a left switch C is to the left. A switch may also be symmetric, or tracks AB and AC may both be curved in the same direction.
A double switch or English switch is a crossing of railroads AB and CD at a small angle, with the possibility to pass from one to the other (go from A to D and from B to C). This construction is equivalent to one crossing and four switches (two left and two right), but without the need to be able to set all four independently: the whole double switch has only two positions: crossing and bending.
The correct setting of points is fundamental to the safe running of a railway. A fatal train accident at Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, UK occurred in May 2002, when a switch sprang to a different position as a coach crossed it. The front coach wheels therefore progressed from A to B whereas the rear wheels slewed towards C, causing the whole coach to detach from the train and slew sideways across the platform ahead. Thankfully the movement of the switch occurred beneath the final coach, so that although seven people were killed, the front coaches were spared. Poor maintenance of the points was held to be the primary cause of the crash.
Monorail systems have special switches, see the external link, a page which includes animations.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Railroad switch."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completeness | Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground. |
Defense | Adjective: defending;Verb: defensive; mural; armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth; panoplied; iron-plated, ironclad; loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated; defended;Verb: proof against. |
Direction | Point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE; rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation. |
Phrase: the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. | |
Equality | Render equal; Adjective: equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt; (render accordant); strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes. |
Importance | Great thing, great point; main chance, "the be all and the end all "; cardinal point; substance, gist; (essence); sum and substance, gravamen, head and front; important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part; half the battle; sine qua non; breath of one's nostrils; (life);cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus; keynote, keystone; corner stone; trump card; (device); salient points. |
Laterality | Points of the compass; East, Orient, Levant; West; orientation. |
Possession | Exclusive possession, impropriation, monopoly, retention; prepossession, preoccupancy; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption. |
Preparation | In full feather, in best bib and tucker; in harness, at harness; in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint; up in arms; armed at all points, armed to the teeth, armed cap a pie; sword in hand; booted and spurred. |
Space | Adverb: extensively; Adjective: wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and wide; right and left, all over, all the world over; throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all quarters, in all lands; here there and everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass; to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: POINTS |
| English words defined with "POINTS": Cardinal points ♦ Equinoctial points ♦ Inverse points ♦ Masoretic points and accents ♦ Nine points circle ♦ Points of suspension, Points of the compass ♦ Row of points ♦ six points circle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "POINTS": Cardinal Points of the Compass, compass points, CONJUGATE POINTS, Control Points, corresponding retinal points ♦ Five Points ♦ half-power points, homonymous points ♦ identical points, INSPECTOR, BALL POINTS ♦ Lagrange points, Lagrangian points ♦ Related Points ♦ Six Points ♦ trap points. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "POINTS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (points, scoring, stitching). |
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Screenplays | Beer in Supermarkets in Utah is weak, 3 points instead of the normal 6 points of alchohol (S.L.C. Punk!; writing credit: James Merendino.) You can lose all your points for any one of three things (Vita è bella, La; writing credit: Vincenzo Cerami ; Roberto Benigni) But shaving points off of a football game, man that's un-American (The Longest Yard; writing credit: Albert S. Ruddy; Tracy Keenan Wynn) A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) The longest distance between two points is a kidnapper and his money (The Way of the Gun; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie) | |
Lyrics | And points all her own sitting way up high (Night Moves; performing artist: BOB SEGER; writing credit: Bob Seger) Tight pants points hardly reknown (Night Moves; performing artist: BOB SEGER; writing credit: Bob Seger) It was if someone had spread butter on all the fine points of the stars (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) Points one way (Walk Away Renee; performing artist: The Left Bank) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Points de suspension (1970) Étude en 21 points (1968) Points of View (1961) Penny Points to Paradise (1951) | |
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 | Schematic diagram of chromosomes 8, 2, 14, and 22 which are involved in the translocations (usually 8;14, less frequently 8;22 or 2;8) which occur in Burkitt's Lymphoma. The break points for these translocations are identified by the banding regions (q24, p13, q32 and q11). These break points on chromosomes 2, 14, and 22 correspond to chromosomal regions to which have been mapped the kappa, heavy chain and lambda constant region genes respectively. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Pictured is a sophisticated gas chromatography system. This records concentrations of acrylonitrile in the air at various points throughout the chemical laboratory. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Bacillus anthracis endospores are seen under phase contrast microscopy as lighter points of light due to the fact that they are dehydrated, and therefore, more refractile. Credit: CDC. |  | "Four Point Sphere" by Martin Levenius. To vary the X, Y, and Z coordinates of one of the points, use the Scrollbar to vary A, B, and C. |
 | Albert Siepert Points Out Highlights of Apollo 10 Liftoff to Belgium King and Queen. Credit: NASA. |  | Sextometer invented by Carl Aslakson Known distance between sighting points Sextant angle varies with distance. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Making a pantograph reduction of New Jersey shore photographs Changing scales and transferring points from photos to map sheet. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Dave Meyers of NOAA points to the next site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | AQUARIUS ops: talk bubbles provide remote air, comms and equipment drop points. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Figure 1. Model of Aime's first wave study instrument, built in 1838 and tested in the anchorage at Algiers the same year at depths of 11 and 18 meters. A wood top furnished with fixed points in the center of a sheet of lead and tilted by the movement of the water left markings in the metal which were compared to observations made at the surface. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Scissor points" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Scissor points." | "Indoor with different point of" by Damian Munte Commentary: "Shots with a different points of view of my house." |
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E. H. Chapin | An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | We never touch but at points. |
Theodore Roosevelt | It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. |
Thomas Carlyle | Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith. |
Victor Hugo | Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. |
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John Locke | 1690 | But when mistake or flattery prevailed with weak princes to make use of this power for private ends of their own, and not for the public good, the people were fain by express laws to get prerogative determined in those points wherein they found disadvantage from it: and thus declared limitations of prerogative were by the people found necessary in cases which they and their ancestors had left, in the utmost latitude, to the wisdom of those princes who made no other but a right use of it, that is, for the good of their people. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | The peculiar delicacy of this case, the novelty of some of its circumstances, and the real difficulty attending the points which occur in it, require a complete exposition of the principles on which the opinion to be given by the court is founded. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The surrender in question will be effected at such points in German territory as may be selected by the said Governments. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | At the end of the fighting last June, the American and British Armies withdrew westwards, in accordance with an earlier agreement, to a depth at some points of 150 miles upon a front of nearly four hundred miles, in order to allow our Russian allies to occupy this vast expanse of territory which the Western Democracies had conquered. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | One of those points on which his influence failed, he then mentioned |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | OLD KING COLE rightly points out that the series, 2, 1, etc. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Still, even in respect of grace and beauty, there were points well worth noting |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | All social questions set up their points of interrogation about this axe. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Hell is the centre of evils and, as you know, things are more intense at their centres than at their remotest points. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And his mind was cataloguing weak points and suspicious things about the car. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | They climbed high trees, as nimbly as a squirrel, for they had strong extended claws before and behind, terminating in sharp points, and hooked |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Every man has to learn the points of compass again as often as be awakes, whether from sleep or any abstraction |
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Health | Points to pictures when asked. (references) | |
Define points of effective intervention. (references) | ||
Don't hesitate to ask questions to clarify points. (references) | ||
Business | The judge's ruling was based on fairly narrow legal points. (references) | |
Contact points for projects are included in JBIC press releases. (references) | ||
However, only video-conferencing between two points is available in Bulgaria. (references) | ||
Children | Mozambique | Child prostitution appears to be most prevalent in Maputo and Beira, and at border towns and overnight stopping points along key transportation routes. (references) |
Macedonia | Despite government cease-fires to permit their departure and ICRC-provided transport to safe points, some ethnic-Albanian parents elected to remain in their homes with their children in conflict areas during combat operations, and at least one child was killed by artillery fire as a result. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cyprus | They have declared that it is illegal to enter Cyprus except at authorized entry points in the south, effectively barring entry into the government-controlled area by foreigners who have entered Cyprus from the north. (references) |
Economic History | Germany | Most state governments have contact points for whistle blowing and provisions for rotating personnel in areas prone to corruption. (references) |
Italy | Inflation in 2001 is estimated to stabilize around 2.5 percent, slightly above the revised GOI target for 2001 of 2.3 percent (60 basis points above the original target of 1.7 percent set in the budget planning document for 2001-4). Despite the 2.9 percent increase registered year-to-year in the first half of 2001, projections by Confindustria, the Bank of Italy and ISAE indicate a deceleration of the CPI over the 2001-2002 period. (references) | |
Indonesia | As Table 3 indicates, although BI has raised interest rates by more than 500 basis points since June 2001, inflation has accelerated, the Rupiah has continued to depreciate, and base money growth has exceeded BI's 11-12 percent target for 2001. (references) | |
Human Rights | Venezuela | Judges with pending cases against them are not eligible to take the examinations, and judges who have been reprimanded have points deducted from their scores. (references) |
Madagascar | Defendants in military cases, as in civil law, enjoy an appeals process that reexamines points of law rather than the facts of the case. (references) | |
Colombia | Initiating regular prisoner exchanges remained a top guerrilla priority and featured prominently in the FARC's negotiating points at the peace talks. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Mexico | On March 28, a 23-member delegation of the EZLN addressed a joint meeting of the Indigenous Affairs and Constitutional Points Committees, held in the main Chamber of Congress. (references) |
Political Economy | BRAZIL | The government also initiated an inflation targeting program as the basis of monetary policy, wherein the government sets a target and the Central Bank strives to bring keep inflation within two percentage points of the target. (references) |
EGYPT | Egypt launched its first Eurobond issuance in June 2001. The five-year bond issuance totaled $500 million with a 7.625 percent coupon priced at 275 basis points over U.S. treasury bills. (references) | |
Political Rights | Nicaragua | The legislation provided for election of the president and the vice president in the first round of voting if one political party wins at least 40 percent of the vote, or if one party wins at least 35 percent of the vote and the party in second place is more than 5 percentage points behind the front-runner. (references) |
Trade | Ukraine | Such bonded warehouses can be either state customs points or privately-owned warehouses for the use of one or multiple clients (open versus closed warehouses). (references) |
Uk | The Free Trade Zones of the UK are the cargo ports and freight transshipment points of Birmingham, Humberside, Liverpool, Prestwick, Sheerness, Southampton and Tilbury. (references) | |
Travel | Italy | U.S. Citizens are reminded that certain Alitalia flights between Italy and various middle eastern points (usually Damascus or Amman) make en route stops in Beirut. (references) |
Romania | Air and Ground Transportation: Tarom, the Romanian national airline, serves major points in Romania, Europe, Asia, and North America. (references) | |
France | Attention to the following points may improve the chances of a successful business trip to France. (references) | |
Women | Cameroon | Civil law theoretically provides equal status and rights for men and women; however, no legal definition of discrimination exists, and some points of civil law are prejudicial to women. (references) |
Worker Rights | Cape Verde | The law does not prohibit trafficking in persons, and illegal trafficking in economic emigrants to various points in Europe is believed to be a thriving business. (references) |
France | The administratively determined minimum wage is revised whenever the cost-of-living index rises 2 percentage points, and on July 1, the hourly minimum wage was changed to $6.25 (43.72 FF). The minimum wage provides a decent standard of living for a worker and family. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | IN':ARDS:, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr. Gunsaulus, is persuaded that the mysterious organ known as the spleen is nothing less than our important part. To the contrary, Professor Garrett P. Servis holds that man's soul is that prolongation of his spinal marrow which forms the pith of his no tail; and for demonstration of his faith points confidently to the fact that no tailed animals have no souls. Concerning these two theories, it is best to suspend judgment by believing both. |
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Rudy Giuliani | Some of the margins of victory were larger than I thought they would be. You know in a number of the races that at least I was looking at, it seemed to me they were maybe two, three points more than I thought they would be. |
Rush Limbaugh | A lot of political points are scored by painting Republicans as racists, and by dividing rather than uniting us. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | A representation from the judges of the Supreme Court, which will be laid before you, points out some of the inconveniences that are experienced. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Great fortifications will therefore be requisite only in future along the coast and at some points in the interior connected with it. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | After our transition from the state of colonies to that of an independent nation many points were found necessary to be settled between us and Great Britain. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We are not neglecting the safeguards provided by peril points, an escape clause, or the National Security Amendment. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Tonight I want to just review the essential points as briefly as I can. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Nineteen Forty-Five provided the common frame of reference the compass points of the postwar era we've relied upon to understand ourselves. |
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| "POINTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 93.64% of the time. "POINTS" is used about 12,385 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 93.64% | 11,598 | 798 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 6.36% | 787 | 8,794 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12,385 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "POINTS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Points | Last name | 400 | 21,323 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Points, WV |
Expressions using "POINTS": 500 points selector ♦ action of points ♦ Acupuncture Points ♦ armed at all points ♦ at all points ♦ at sword's points ♦ basic points ♦ bonus points ♦ cardinal points ♦ Circular points at infinity ♦ conjugate image points ♦ conjugate points ♦ Consequent points ♦ corresponding image points ♦ corresponding retinal points ♦ cross forked of three points ♦ derailing points ♦ double minimum power points ♦ Equinoctial points ♦ Estoile of eight points ♦ Estoile of four points ♦ Five Points ♦ give points to smb. ♦ homonymous points ♦ identical points ♦ Imaginary points ♦ Inverse points ♦ level on points ♦ loan discount points ♦ Masoretic points and accents ♦ nine points circle ♦ nine points of the law ♦ nine points or six points circle ♦ points crossing ♦ points of support ♦ points of suspension ♦ points of the compass ♦ railway points ♦ reef points ♦ row of points ♦ salient points ♦ set of points ♦ Seven Points ♦ six points circle ♦ suspension points ♦ switch the points ♦ the capital points ♦ the points of a horse ♦ the shortest distance between two points is a straight line ♦ Three Points ♦ To give points ♦ twice minimum power points ♦ win on points. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "POINTS": points-at, points-can, points-cleaning, points-counting, points-of-order, points-rated, points-scorer, points-scoring. | |
Ending with "POINTS": all-points, crossing-points, edit-points, end-points, half-points, high-points, pin-points, point-to-points, spear-points, starting-points, turning-points, unit-points, view-points. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
petro points.com | 86 |
inter points.com | 17 |
petro points.ca | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "POINTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pika kapjeje (suspension points), armiqësor (adverse, antagonistic, antisocial, at sword's points, chill, chilly, enemy, enemy's, forbidding, hostile, inimical, opponent, subversive, unfriendly). (various references) | |
Arabic | نقاط. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стрелки, крайници (extremities), копита. (various references) | |
Chinese | 点 (Point). (various references) | |
Czech | výhybka (siding, sliding rail, switch, turnout). (various references) | |
Danish | points (loan discount points), vigespor (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place, switches, turn-out), sporskifter (pointsman, railway switchgear, signalman, switch, switchman, tongue), sporskifteanordning (points switch, turnout), sporskifte (lane-direction control, reverse flow operation, switch, switching, switching off, tidal flow, turning off, turnout, two-way working), skiftespor (breakout, switches, transition). (various references) | |
Dutch | procentpunten (loan discount points), points, wissels (railway switchgear, switch, tongue), wissel (bill of exchange, draft). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaihde (change, gear, switch). (various references) | |
French | aiguilles. (various references) | |
German | Weiche (alterable switch, flank, groin, passing place, side, smooth, smoothness, softness, squashily, switch, tenderness), Spitzen (cuspids, keep a look-out, peaks, peek, pinnacles, point, prick up, pucker, purse, sharpen, spires), Punkte (dots, punctilios). (various references) | |
Greek | κλειδί σιδηροδρομικής γραμμής (switch, turnout), βελόνη (index, pointer, points switch, turnout), πόϊντς, λοστός (crowbar), αλλαγή γραμμής (points switch, turnout), αλλαγή πορείας (change of course), τροχιά αλλαγής κατεύθυνσης (railway switchgear, switch, tongue), διακλάδωση (a fork, bifurcation, branch, fork, ramification), ψαλίδι σιδηροδρομικής γραμμής (switch, turnout). (various references) | |
Hungarian | váltó (bill, bill of exchange, crossing, draft, relay race, stiff, switch), kitérővágány (side-track, siding, turnout, turn-out track). (various references) | |
Italian | scambio (exchange, interchange, switch, trade off, tradeoffs, truck). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 点数 (credits, marks, number of items, runs, score), 節節 (joints), 節々 (joints). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふしぶし (joints), てんすう (credits, marks, number of items, runs, score). (various references) | |
Korean | 소 (Ox, Oxen, Point). (various references) | |
Manx | buid. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ointspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mudança de via (points switch, turnout), aparelho de via (switch, turnout), agulhas de transferência, agulhas (needles, railway switchgear, switch, tongue), agulha (broach, compass, needle, needlefish, point, roasting-jack, spire, spur). (various references) | |
Romanian | punctele cardinale (cardinal points, wind), probleme principale (the capital points), caracteristicile unui cal (the points of a horse). (various references) | |
Russian | многоточие (suspension points). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | interpunkcija (punctuation). (various references) | |
Spanish | agujas (shunt). (various references) | |
Swedish | pekar, växel (bill, bill of exchange, change, draft, gear, speed, switch). (various references) | |
Turkish | makas (a pair of scissors, bracket, clippers, scissors, switch), demiryolu makası (railway points). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | в усіх відношеннях (at all points, in all respects, in every particular). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pauca, pauci, paucis, paucorum. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 4, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ou gar ecomen arcierea mh dunamenon sumpaqhsai taiV asqeneiaiV hmwn pepeiramenon de kata panta kaq omoiothta cwriV amartiaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non enim habemus pontificem qui non possit conpati infirmitatibus nostris temptatum autem per omnia pro similitudine absque peccato |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For we han not a bischop, that may not haue compassioun on oure infirmytees, but was temptid bi alle thingis bi lycnesse, with oute synne. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For we have not an hye prest which can not have compassion on oure infirmities: but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are: but yet with out synne. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but who was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin. |
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| Language | Hebrews Chapter 4, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Kay ang atong labawng sacerdote dili siya usa nga dili arang mobati sa pagkalooy kanato sa atong mga kaluyahon, hinonoa usa siya nga sa tanang paagi gitintal ingon kanato, hinoon wala makasala. |
| Croatian | Ta nemamo takva Velikog sveæenika koji ne bi mogao biti supatnik u našim slabostima, nego poput nas iskušavana svime, osim grijehom. |
| Danish | Thi vi have ikke en Ypperstepræst, som ej kan have Medlidenhed med vore Skrøbeligheder, men en sådan, som er fristet i alle Ting i Lighed med os, dog uden Synd. |
| Dutch | Want wij hebben geen hogepriester, die niet kan medelijden hebben met onze zwakheden, maar Die in alle dingen, gelijk als wij, is verzocht geweest, doch zonder zonde. |
| Finnish | Sillä ei meillä ole sellainen ylimmäinen pappi, joka ei voi sääliä meidän heikkouksiamme, vaan joka on ollut kaikessa kiusattu samalla lailla kuin mekin, kuitenkin ilman syntiä. |
| French | Car nous n`avons pas un souverain sacrificateur qui ne puisse compatir à nos faiblesses; au contraire, il a été tenté comme nous en toutes choses, sans commettre de péché. |
| German | Denn wir haben nicht einen Hohenpriester, der nicht könnte Mitleiden haben mit unsern Schwachheiten, sondern der versucht ist allenthalben gleichwie wir, doch ohne Sünde. |
| Haitian Creole | Granprèt nou an, se pa yon moun ki pa kapab soufri ak nou nan feblès nou. Okontrè, nou gen yon granprèt ki te pase anba tout kalite tantasyon menm jan ak nou. Men, li pa t' janm fè okenn peche. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Imam Agung kita itu bukanlah imam yang tidak dapat turut merasakan kelemahan-kelemahan kita. Sebaliknya, Ia sudah dicobai dalam segala hal, sama seperti kita sendiri; hanya Ia tidak berbuat dosa! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena kita tidak ada Imam Besar yang tiada menaruh belas kasihan akan segala kelemahan kita, melainkan yang sudah terkena coba di dalam segala perkara sama seperti kita, dan lagi tiada berdosa. |
| Italian | Infatti non abbiamo un sommo sacerdote che non sappia compatire le nostre infermità, essendo stato lui stesso provato in ogni cosa, a somiglianza di noi, escluso il peccato. |
| Latvian | Jo mums nav augstâ priestera, kas nespçtu lîdzjust mûsu vâjîbâm, bet kas tâpat kârdinâts visâs lietâs, tikai bez grçka. |
| Maori | Ehara hoki to tatou i te tohunga nui e kore e ahei kia mamae tahi me tatou e ngoikore nei; i whakamatautauria nei hoki ia i nga mea katoa, i i peneitia me tatou, kahore ia he hara. |
| Norwegian | For vi har ikke en yppersteprest som ikke kan ha medynk med våre skrøpeligheter, men en sådan som er blitt prøvd i alt i likhet med oss, dog uten synd. |
| Rumanian | Cqci n`avem un Mare Preot, care sq n`aibq milq de slqbiciunile noastre; ci unul care kn toate lucrurile a fost ispitit ca wi noi, dar fqrq pqcat. |
| Shuar | Niisha iijiai métek Ashí tunaanum nekapsamuiti. Túrasha tunaan Túrachmiayi. Tuma asa ii tujintiaj nuna paant nékak ii itiurchatrin waitnentramniuitji. Tura Yúsnan pujurniu uuntri asamtai |
| Spanish | Porque no tenemos un sumo sacerdote que no puede compadecerse de nuestras debilidades, pues él fue tentado en todo igual que nosotros, pero sin pecado. |
| Swahili | Huyu Kuhani Mkuu wetu si mmoja ambaye hawezi kutuunga mkono katika unyonge wetu, ila ni Kuhani Mkuu ambaye alijaribiwa kama sisi kwa kila namna lakini hakutenda dhambi. |
| Swedish | Ty vi hava icke en sådan överstepräst som ej kan hava medlidande med våra svagheter, utan en som har varit frestad i allting, likasom vi, dock utan synd. |
| Uma | Apa' Imam Bohe-ta tohe'i-e, bela-i imam to uma mporasai kalentea-ta. Narasai moto, apa' rasori wo'o-imi-hawo hi butu nyala-na hewa kita', aga uma-i-hana mojeko'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "POINTS": appoints, ballpoints, bluepoints, checkpoints, colorpoints, counterpoints, disappoints, drypoints, embonpoints, endpoints, eyepoints, gunpoints, interpoints, knifepoints, midpoints, mispoints, needlepoints, outpoints, penpoints, pinpoints, pourpoints, reappoints, silverpoints, standpoints, viewpoints. (additional references) | |
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"POINTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pions, pionuse, poinds, poins, pointas, pointe, pontis, ponts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "POINTS" (pronounced poy"nts) |
| 5 | p oy" n t s | appoints, disappoints. |
| 4 | -oy" n t s | joints. |
| 3 | -n t s | accelerants, accents, accidents, accompaniments, accomplishments, abandonments, abatements, abortifacients, accountants, accounts, accouterments, achievements, adherents, adjustments, adolescents, advancements, advertisements, affronts, agents, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amounts, amusements, ancients, announcements, antecedents, antidepressants, antioxidants, ants, apartments, applicants, appointments, arguments, armaments, arraignments, arrangements, aspirants, assailants, assessments, assignments, assistants, astringents, attachments, attendants, aunts, ballpoints, basements, battlements, belligerents, blandishments, blueprints, blunts, bombardments, brents, celebrants, cents, chants, checkpoints, circumvents, claimants, clients, coefficients, combatants, commandments, comments, commitments, compartments, complainants, complaints, complements, compliments, components, condiments, confidants, confronts, consents, consonants, constants, constituents, constraints, consultants, contaminants, contents, contestants, continents, contingents, coolants, copayments, cormorants, correspondents, counts, covenants, croissants, Crosscurrents, currents, curtailments, dachshunds, debutantes, decedents, decongestants, defendants, deferments, defoliants, delinquents, dents, deodorants, departments, dependents, deployments, depressants, derailments, descendants, descendents, descents, detergents, determinants, deterrents, developments, deviants, disagreements, disappointments, disbursements, discontents, discounts, disinfectants, dispersants, displacements, dissents, dissidents, divestments, docents, documents, eggplants, elements, elephants, embarrassments, emigrants, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, entrants, environments, equipments, equivalents, escarpments, establishments, events, experiments, exponents, ferments, figments, filaments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fluorescents, fonts, footprints, forints, formants, fragments, frequents, fronts, garments, giants, governments, grandparents, grants, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, hydrants, immigrants, impairments, impeachments, impediments, implants, implements, impoundments, imprints, improvements, incidents, incitements, incompetents, increments, incumbents, independents, indictments, indigents, inducements, infants, informants, infringements, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, installments, instruments, insurgents, intents, invents, investments, involvements, irritants, jaunts, judgements, judgments, laments, lieutenants, ligaments, litigants, lubricants, malcontents, managements, measurements, merchants, migrants, militants, mints, miscreants, misjudgments, misrepresents, misstatements, moments, monuments, mounts, movements, mutants, noncombatants, nonresidents, nutrients, occupants, opponents, ornaments, overpayments, overstatements, oxidants, pageants, paints, pants, parents, parliaments, participants, patents, patients, pavements, payments, peasants, pennants, percents, pheasants, pigments, pinpoints, pints, placements, plants, pollutants, portents, postponements, precedents, predicaments, prepayments, presents, presidents, prevents, prints, procurements, pronouncements, propellants, proponents, protestants, punishments, punts, quints, readjustments, reagents, realignments, reassignments, recipients, recounts, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, refreshments, refrigerants, Regents, regiments, registrants, reimbursements, reinforcements, remnants, rents, repayments, replacements, represents, reprints, requirements, resentments, resents, residents, respondents, restatements, restaurants, restraints, retirements, retrenchments, rodents, rudiments, sacraments, saints, savants, scents, sealants, sediments, segments, sentiments, sergeants, serpents, servants, settlements, shipments, solvents, splints, sprints, standpoints, statements, stimulants, stints, storefronts, students, stunts, subcontinents, succulents, supergiants, superintendents, supplements, sweatpants, taints, talents, taunts, temperaments, tenants, tenements, tents, tints, torments, torrents, tournaments, transients, transplants, treatments, tyrants, undercurrents, undergarments, underpants, underpayments, vagrants, variants, vents, viewpoints, wants, warrants, waterfronts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, postin, spinto. | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: opsin, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, piton, point, posit, topis. | |
-2 letters: into, ions, nips, nits, opts, pins, pint, pion, piso, pits, pois, pons, post, pots, snip, snit, snot, spin, spit, spot, stop, tins, tips, tons, topi, tops. | |
-3 letters: ins, ion, its, nip, nit, nos, not, ons, ops, opt, pin, pis, pit, poi, pot, psi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: inkpots, options, pintoes, pistons, pointes, pontils, posting, postins, potions, spinout, spintos, stoping, topspin, tropins. | |
+2 letters: appoints, atropins, captions, diplonts, kingpost, maintops, mispoint, nepotism, nepotist, opuntias, pactions, phoniest, pimentos, pinitols, pintados, pintanos, pointers, pontiffs, porniest, portions, positing, position, positron, postings, potlines, proteins, ptomains, saponite, satinpod, signpost, slipknot, sopiting, sorption, spinouts, spittoon, sporting, spotting, spouting, stinkpot, stomping, stooping, stopping, synoptic, tampions, tompions, toplines, toppings, topspins, township, tropines, unspoilt, utopians. | |
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