(Canada) A format of writing that presents information using bullet points or numbered lists, focusing on brief and direct statements of key ideas or facts.
(Canada) A format of writing that presents information using bullet points or numbered lists, focusing on brief and direct statements of key ideas or facts.
The teacher had her students summarize the novel in point form for homework.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(Australia) An item in a bulleted list.
Dot point is the Australian English term for what most of the world calls a bullet point — a single item in a bulleted or dotted list. In meetings, presentations, and official documents across Australia, dot points are the go-to format for breaking information into digestible chunks. The phrase has also developed a slightly satirical edge, used to mock corporate or bureaucratic communication that reduces complex ideas to a handful of terse, context-free dot points.
(Canada) quick notes; a summary, precis/précis, abstract, outline.
Brief, yet including all important information.