Punkt — meaning in English
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English meaning
- case noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
- Dot noun A small, round mark or spot.
- period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
- pivot noun A central point or shaft on which something turns or balances.
- point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
- spot noun A small mark or patch of a different color or texture on a surface.
- stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
- takeaway noun The key point or lesson drawn from a discussion, event, or piece of information.
- tittle noun Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or of a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.
Senses
Punkt is used for these senses in English:
- case An actual event, situation, or fact.
- decimal point (orthography, typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others.
- full stop (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The punctuation mark "." (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- period (now, chiefly, North America, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- point (automotive, mostly, in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- point A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
- spot A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- stop A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
case — full definition
- noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
- noun A matter under legal, medical, or professional investigation.
- noun A container, box, or covering designed to hold or protect something.
- noun Grammar: the form a noun, pronoun, or adjective takes to show its role in a sentence.
- verb To pack something into a case, or to observe a place closely before a robbery.
Dot — full definition
- noun A small, round mark or spot.
- verb To mark with a dot, or to scatter things across an area.