bullet point
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bullet point (plural bullet points)
- The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.
- 1996, Marcia Layton, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Business Writing, page 110:
- Bullet points don't have to be just round dots—you can use any small symbol to start off your line. Hyphens are popular, as are check marks and arrows.
- 2021, Zoe Cannon, chapter 30, in Hound of Hades Books 1-4: An Urban Fantasy Thriller Box Set:
- She had a list in front of her, written out in the neatest handwriting I had ever seen […] Each item was prefaced by a perfectly round bullet point.
- An item in a bulleted list.
- 2007, Mary Ellen Guffey, Patricia Rogin, Kathleen Rhodes, Business Communication: Process and Product, page 374:
- Bullet points should be short phrases that are parallel.
- 2019, Robert Pondiscio, How The Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice, page 262:
- As she speaks, a network-designed PowerPoint is projected on a screen […] The first bullet point says, “We love and support your kids like they are our own!” The next says, “Our school design is everything—it's all or nothing. Nothing is optional!”
- (in general) A succinct statement of the kind that might appear in a bulleted list.
- 2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 29:
- Panic is immune to debate, to analysis, to earnest and cognitively therapeutic bullet points.
- 2011, Julie Gray, Write an Irresistible CV, →ISBN:
- Go through your employment history and pull out all the bullet points that demonstrate the five skills you have prioritized.
Synonyms
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[edit]- bullet-point (verbal form)
- bullet-pointed
Translations
[edit]symbol that marks each item in a bullet list
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item of a bullet list
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