Dictionary

bullet point en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bulleted list.
   • 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. 1996, Marcia Layton, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Business Writing, page 110:
   • 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. 2021, Zoe Cannon, chapter 30, in Hound of Hades Books 1-4: An Urban Fantasy Thriller Box Set:
2. An item in a bulleted list.
   • Bullet points should be short phrases that are parallel. 2007, Mary Ellen Guffey, Patricia Rogin, Kathleen Rhodes, Business Communication: Process and Product, page 374:
   • 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!” 2019, Robert Pondiscio, How The Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice, page 262:
3. (usually) A succinct statement of the kind that might appear in a bulleted list.
   • Go through your employment history and pull out all the bullet points that demonstrate the five skills you have prioritized. 2011, Julie Gray, Write an Irresistible CV, →ISBN:
   • Panic is immune to debate, to analysis, to earnest and cognitively therapeutic bullet points. 2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 29:

Forms

Deriveds

bullet-point · bullet-pointed

Relateds

bulleted · bulletize

Synonyms

dot point · bullet

Translations (31)

ja ビュレット (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · es punto (item of a bullet list) · fi luetelmakohta (item of a bullet list) · fi luetelmamerkki (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · es viñeta (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · cmn 項目符號 /项目符号 (item of a bullet list) · de Bulletpoint (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · pl punktor (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · sv listpunkt (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · nb kulepunkt (item of a bullet list) · ru бу́лит (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · ko 불릿 (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · it punto elenco (item of a bullet list) · ru ма́ркер спи́ска (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · ca pic (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · ru бу́ллет (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · uk бу́літ (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · nl opsommingsteken (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · de Bulletpoint (item of a bullet list) · de Stichpunkt (item of a bullet list) · ru бу́ллит (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · fr puce (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · es punto numerador (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · de Gliederungspunkt (item of a bullet list) · de Aufzählungspunkt (item of a bullet list) · uk ма́ркер спи́ску (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · es punto enumerativo (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · fi ranskalainen viiva (item of a bullet list) · es punto enumerado (item of a bullet list) · de Blickfangpunkt (symbol that marks each item in a bullet list) · es punto numerado (item of a bullet list)