Spot
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate or identify. To loan a small amount of money to someone. To stain; to leave a spot. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain. To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates. To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. A stain or disfiguring mark. A pimple, papule or pustule. A small, unspecified amount or quantity. A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars. A location or area. An official determination of placement. A bright lamp; a spotlight. A brief advertisement or program segment on television. Difficult situation; predicament One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter
Example sentence: My uncle was an Elvis impersonator - his name was Perry, and he went by 'Elvis Perry' - and my work as a wedding singer landed me a spot in his act.
Point
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.To repair mortar.To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular directionTo repair by removing and replacing loose mortar.To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A discrete divison of something.# An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.#: The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.# A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.#: There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.#: At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.# Condition, state.#:She was not feeling in good point.# A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition, a focus of conversation or consideration.#:I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.# The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.#*1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:#*:full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point.# A tiny amount of time; a moment.# A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.#: We should meet at a pre-arranged point.# A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.# A purpose or objective.#: Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.# A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.# A distinguishing quality or characteristic.#:Logic isn't my strong point.# Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.#:The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.# A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.#:Possession is nine points of the law.# Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.# A unit of scoring in a game or competition.#: The one with the most points will win the game# A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).#: 10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)# A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.# a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).# An electric power socket.A sharp extremity.# The sharp tip of an object.#: Cut the skin with the point of the knife.# Any projecting extremity of an object.# An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.#:His cowboy belt was studded with points.# Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.# A peninsula or promontory.# The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.#* 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-3011-6, [http://books.google.com/books?id=j16Lsej_q-YC&pg=PA189&dq=point page 189]:#*: Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.# Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.# A railroad switch.# An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.#: The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.# A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
Example sentence: I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.