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The correct spelling is pointing.
How to pronounce pointing
/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/
Say it like: Poy-nti-ng
The correct spelling is pointing. To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. For example: "It's rude to point at other people."
Usage Examples
“It's rude to point at other people.”
“The arrow of a compass points north”
“to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- 2.To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- 3.To face in a particular direction.
- 4.(sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- 5.To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
noun
- 1.The action of the verb to point.
- 2.(usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.
- 3.The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
- 4.The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
- 5.The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
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