meaning of "point"

[Learning_English]

some point in the far-off future

I have got this sentence from a dictionary and I wonder what the word "point" means in this sentence.

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[Yankee]

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Without any further context to help me, I'd say the word point refers to a point in time.

What was the whole sentence?
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[Learning_English]

Thank you Yankee.
In the dictionary, only that much is given. No more context.
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