full point
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- noun
- /fʊl pɔɪnt/
- UK
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punto
- Make sure you place a full point at the end of each declarative sentence.
- rate a full point
- almost a full point
Examples
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I remember thinking, "This doesn't count as a full point."
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Gross margin did improve a full point from last year, but still missed most sell-side expectations.
Blog text (17) -
If your proposal receives fewer than full points, treat it as a learning experience and use the comments to improve your grant writing in the future.
Academic text (1998) -
Full point.
Blog text (18) -
During the past decade, the U.S. rating fell nearly a full point on our 0-to-10 point scale, from 8.65 in 2000 to 7.70 in 2010.
Blog text (6) -
A full point is used to indicate the end of this sentence.
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In American English, the symbol for a full point is called a period.
Synonyms
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A small dot that separates whole numbers from decimals
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A dot at the end of a sentence to show it ends
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The mark you put at the end of a sentence
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A mark placed at the end of a sentence or after an abbreviation
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'period/full stop' is directly inferable because 'point' can denote a small dot or punctuation mark and 'full' signals a complete/terminal mark, so the combined sense of a final dot is compositionally transparent. This compositional pattern (point/punto/point as a punctuation mark) is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would very likely understand the intended meaning.
Etymology
Full point may come from old printing, where printers marked the end of a sentence with a small filled-in point or dot. That's why full point today means the small dot of punctuation that ends a sentence, called a 'period' in American English.