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nounThe highest point or culminating stage of something.
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Clear all filtersThe highest point or culminating stage of something.
To discuss or emphasize a point excessively.
A reference point used to judge quality, performance, or change.
The highest or most intense point in a sequence, especially in a story.
Self-satisfied to the point of overlooking problems or needed effort.
To admit a point or yield something after resistance.
Admit or yield
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Expressing the needed information in few words.
Clear in few words
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To move toward or meet at a common point.
The central and most important point of an issue.
The final or highest point of a process.
Sad or discouraged after disappointment.
Sad after disappointment
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Moving away from the main subject into other topics.
Moving away from the main point
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Upset or discouraged by an unwelcome development.
To make a meaning or difficult point clear.
Either of the two annual times when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, with day and night approximately equal in length.
Annual crossing of the celestial equator
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Irrelevant or not essential to the matter at hand.
Irrelevant or unnecessary
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Having limits or an end.
Unable to achieve the intended result.
Unable to produce a result
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The origin or beginning of something.
Directly relevant to the matter being discussed.
Fairness that avoids favoring a person, side, or viewpoint without reason.
Fairness without bias
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A point where progress stops because agreement is impossible.
Rudely disrespectful; sometimes, irrelevant to the matter.
Rudely disrespectful
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Lacking sense, significance, or substance.
Without sense or substance
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