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Meaning of "point duty" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POINT DUTY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POINT DUTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Point duty is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POINT DUTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of point duty in the English dictionary

The definition of point duty in the dictionary is the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic. Other definition of point duty is the position at the head of a military patrol, regarded as being the most dangerous.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POINT DUTY

point after
Point Calimere
point d´appui
Point de Galle
point defect
point estimate
point group
point guard
point lace
point man
point of honour
point of inflection
point of no return
point of order
point of reference
point of sale
point of view
point off
point out
point source

WORDS THAT END LIKE POINT DUTY

active duty
bounden duty
combat duty
countervailing duty
customs duty
death duty
duty
escort duty
estate duty
export duty
guard duty
import duty
in the line of duty
jury duty
legacy duty
off duty
on duty
picket duty
sentry duty
stamp duty
traffic duty

Synonyms and antonyms of point duty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «point duty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POINT DUTY

Find out the translation of point duty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of point duty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «point duty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

值勤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deber punto
570 millions of speakers

English

point duty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिंदु कर्तव्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

واجب نقطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рабочая точка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dever ponto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পয়েন্ট দায়িত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

devoir de points
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tugas duti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Punkt Pflicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポイント義務
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포인트 의 의무
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Titik tugas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiệm vụ điểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புள்ளி கடமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिंदू कर्तव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nokta görev
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dovere punto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obowiązek punkt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

робоча точка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

datoria punct
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σημείο λειτουργίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

punt plig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

punkt tull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

punkt plikt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of point duty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POINT DUTY»

The term «point duty» is used very little and occupies the 162.599 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POINT DUTY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «point duty» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «point duty» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about point duty

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POINT DUTY»

Discover the use of point duty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to point duty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Concise English Dictionary
point'lessness. point'-duty the duty of a policeman stationed at a particular point to regulate traffic; point'-lace (see above). — adj. point-of- sale' of, relating to, or occurring at the place where a sale is made. — points'man one on point-duty: one ...
G. (Ed ). Davidson, 2007
2
Renewable Energy System Design
... again passes point P. This oscillating movement continues infinitely and eventually oscillates in the small vicinity of the maximum power point. Duty cycle increases Initial turn on I Power curve I I I 2 First overshoot Duty cycle reverses Resets ...
Ziyad Salameh, 2014
3
Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point
Chronicles the history of the United States Military Academy.
Stephen E. Ambrose, 1966
4
Low-Power High-Speed ADCs for Nanometer CMOS Integration
This common-mode asymmetry will be amplified by the succeeding inverter stages, i.e. if the waveform is clipped by VSS, then at the next output the zero- crossing (ZX) will go slightly below the trip-point (duty cycle <50%), and the ZX will go a ...
Shouli Yan, 2008
5
Forward March
... in wartime and in peacetime is beyond reproach. The names of these heroes and humanitarians are endless. I remember reading. chapter. twelve. a quotation from a former graduate of the class of 93 West Point- Duty- Honor- Country.
Joe Ross, 2010
6
Keeping the Peace
In 1951 I was transferred to a permanent position in the Townsville Traffic Branch where the bulk of our duties were traffic patrol and performing point duty. We performed point duty, as it was known, at almost every intersection in Flinders Street ...
Laurie Pointing, 2013
7
Dictionary of Law
... night duty this week; point duty = work of a policeman or traffic warden to direct the traffic at crossroads; duty sergeant = police sergeant who is on duty at a particular time; doty solicitor = solicitor who is on duty at a magistrates' court and can ...
Peter Hodgson Collin, 1999
8
Air Conditioning: A Practical Introduction
Humidified 24°C d.b., 193°C w.b., 64%, 0.0121 kg/kg, 54.8 kl/kg, 0.858 m3/kg, 169°C, dew point. Duty 54.922 kW. . 113.779 kW . Inlet 52%, 0.0134 kg/kg, 63.3 kl/kg, 0.874 m3/kg, 185°C, dew point. Cooled 121°C w.b., 0.0084 kg/kg, 34.4 kl/ kg, ...
David V. Chadderton, 2014
9
The Perspective of Morality: Philosophical Foundations of ...
Aristotle and Kant are nevertheless agreed on one point: “duty” has something to do with a “command of the reason.” Kant, of course, would say that the Aristotelian commands of reason are not categorical imperatives (meaning commands ...
Martin Rhonheimer, 2011
10
Programming the PIC Microcontroller with MBASIC
... Var Float ;floating point % of good tach data RealDC Var Float ;floating point duty cycle % RPM Var Float ;computed motor RPM ;Initialize ;------------- EnableHSerial SetHSerial H115200 Main For DutyCyc = MinDutyCyc to ( PWMPrd-DCStep) ...
Jack Smith, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POINT DUTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term point duty is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ladies sell roses for Alexandra Day
Some young ladies were on point duty with their flowers before six o'clock in the morning and continued at their posts throughout the day as drizzling rain, which ... «Daily Echo, Jul 15»
2
Can you help police with their inquiries into this archive picture at …
They are trying to find out the identity of a policeman on traffic point duty in Mundesley - in the days when cars had big headlights and running ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jul 15»
3
Gallery: Take a trip through Ipswich town centre of old with Kindred …
Paul recalls when St Matthew's Street was a narrow single carriageway and a policeman on “point duty” controlled traffic at Hyde Park Corner. «Ipswich Star, Jul 15»
4
Day when North End was a buzzing place to shop
'And don't forget the traffic policeman in a white coat on point duty at the junction of London Road, Stubbington Avenue and Gladys Avenue, ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
5
Back Through the Pages
There were three other accidents near this spot the same day. A constable has now been placed there on point duty, and speed excessers will ... «Andover Advertiser, Jul 15»
6
Requests for police to provide security surges to all-time high
"At the Ottawa Race Weekend we had several of our senior officers on point duty." Nystedt said inspectors and superintendents don't want to ... «580 CFRA Radio, Jul 15»
7
Daily Diary, July 10, 1915
... to a motorist, who was coming up Broad Street, failing to pay careful regard to the directions of the police constable on point duty at the Cross. «Worcester News, Jul 15»
8
Government's Push to Curb Steel Imports Could Hit Small Mills …
Morgan Stanley estimates that the 2.5-percentage point duty hike could potentially boost Tata Steel's earnings per share by 14 per cent next ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
9
Book review: Jeremy Hutchinson's cases of history in the making
It does not purport to be a biography; rather, it examines history through the eyes of a man who was effectively on point duty when key events ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
119 traffic cops awarded for performance
He said that every cop from sector in-charge to point duty officer accomplished his task in responsible manner and hoped such outstanding ... «The Nation, Jul 15»

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