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punto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Dot noun A small, round mark or spot.
  • item noun A single thing, especially one on a list or among a group of things.
  • jot noun A tiny amount of something; the smallest bit.
  • period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
  • point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
  • stitch noun A single loop of thread made by a needle in sewing, knitting, or in closing a wound.
  • 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

punto is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • dot Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
  • full stop (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The punctuation mark "." (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
  • item A matter for discussion in an agenda.
  • jot The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota.
  • 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.
  • stitch A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

Dot — full definition

  1. noun A small, round mark or spot.
  2. verb To mark with a dot, or to scatter things across an area.

item — full definition

  1. noun A single thing, especially one on a list or among a group of things.
  2. verb To record something as a separate entry on a list.

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