points meaning
EN
[pɔɪnts] 
US WPoints
FR points 
- NounBFpoint
- plural of point.
- (rail transport, Britain) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
- (automotive) The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a moving point which is pushed by the distributor cam and a fixed point which isn't), but they're made together in a unit and serviced or replaced that way and are hence normally called points plural.
- plural of point.
- VerbBFpointPRpointingPT, PPpointed
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- It seems like everyone always tries to point the finger at somebody else.
- There is too, at this point in time, an aesthetic disadvantage to filmsetting in that the range of type faces specially designed for it is still extremely limited.
- He suddenly whipped out his gun and pointed it at his doctor.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- A smash may not be as pretty as a good half volley, but it can still win points.
- Caspase-3 activity differed between 7 and 21 days post SCH (Figure 3c), falling to prelesion values at the last time point.
- At half past nine, with the booming drums of the parade sounding up the street, the shivering form of Dwindle Daniels was again sogged down to its original saturation point.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of points in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Noun forms
- Noun plural forms
- Noun plural forms
- Pluralia tantum
- Noun forms
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Verb singular forms
- Third-person singular forms
- Third-person singular forms
- Verb singular forms
- Verb forms
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "points" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form and a pluralia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.