I download podcasts of radio shows and listen to them in the car.
po • di • um / ' poudiam / noun [ count ] a tall, narrow desk that you stand behind when speaking to a large group of people
po .em © / 'роиэт/ noun [ count ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) words arranged in lines in an artistic way, often with sounds repeated at the ends of lines He wrote poems about the beauty of the countryside.
po • et / ' pouat / noun [ count ]
( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a person who writes poems po • et • ic / pou ' etik / adjective ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) like a poem poetic language
PO .et . Гу Ф/ 'poustri / noun [ noncount ]
( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) poems Whitman wrote beautiful poetry.
poi lit l Ф / point / noun
[count]
a fact, an idea, or an opinion
You made some interesting points (= said some interesting things ) in your essay.
— Look at point of view .
the purpose of, or the reason for, doing something The point of going to school is to learn.
What's the point of going to her house? She's not at home. There's no point in waiting for Julie — she isn't coming.
a particular moment in time
It started to rain, and at that point we decided to go home.
a particular place
No parking beyond this point.
( MATH ) a small round mark (.) that we use when writing part of a number (called a decimal )
2.5 (= two point five )
the sharp end of something the point of a needle
a unit that you win in a game or sport Our team scored six points.
be on the point of doing something
to be going to do something very soon I was on the point of leaving when he turned up.
point 2 ©/ point / verb ( points , point • ing , point • ed )
1 to show where something is using your finger, a stick, etc.
asked him where the bank was and he pointed across the road.
There was a sign pointing toward the museum.
to hold something toward someone or something She was pointing a gun at his head.
point something out to tell or show someone something
Eva pointed out that my bag was open.
point .ed ® / ' pointad / adjective
with a sharp end a long, pointed nose
point • less / ' pointlas / adjective
with no use or purpose
It's pointless telling Paul anything — he never listens.
point of view / |point av ' vyu / noun [ count ] ( plural points of view )
an opinion or way of thinking about something The book was written from the father's point of view .
poi . son 1 Ф / 'poizn / noun
[ count, noncount ]
something that will kill you or make you very sick if you eat or drink it rat poison
poi . SOn 2 О / 'poizn / verb ( poi sons , poi son • ing , poi • soned )
to use poison to kill or hurt someone or something poi .SOn .OUS © / 'poizn^os/ adjective
Something that is poisonous will kill you or make you very sick if you eat or drink it Some mushrooms are poisonous.
poke / pouk / verb ( pokes , pok • ing , poked )
to push someone or something hard with your finger or another long thin thing
She poked me in the eye with a pencil.
to push something quickly somewhere Jeff poked his head out of the window. ► poke noun [ count ]
I gave her a poke to wake her up.
pok • er / ' poukar / noun
[ noncount ] a game that people play with cards, usually for money
[ count ] a metal stick that you use for moving the wood in a fire
po • lar / ' poular / adjective
( GEOGRAPHY ) connected with the areas around the top and bottom of the earth (called the North Pole and the South Pole )
the polar regions
po • lar bear / ' poular ber / noun [ count ]
