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POINT OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Point out carefully and clearly
Synonyms:
call attention; point out; signalise; signalize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "point out" is one way to...):
designate; indicate; point; show (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Present and urge reasons in opposition
Synonyms:
point out; remonstrate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "point out" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "point out"):
represent (point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make or write a comment on
Example:
he commented the paper of his colleague
Synonyms:
comment; notice; point out; remark
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "point out" is one way to...):
mention; note; observe; remark (make mention of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "point out"):
criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)
wisecrack (make a comment, usually ironic)
kibbitz; kibitz (make unwanted and intrusive comments)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
Nonetheless, the researchers are also quick to point out that certain styles of humour may be employed to conceal negative intentions and feelings.
(Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, University of Granada)
The researchers point out that melting measured by the study does not imply that the ice shelf is currently unstable.
(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
“I have felt it incumbent upon me, Master Copperfield,” said Uriah, “to point out to Doctor Strong what you and me have already talked about. You didn't exactly understand me, though?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The UGR scientists point out that those adolescents who feel more pleasure or enjoyment when eating have a healthy relationship with food, and this pleasure may be a possible protective factor against eating and weight‑related disorders.
(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)
The reports also point out statistically significant increases in the number of rats and mice with tumors found in other organs at one or more of the exposure levels studied, including the brain, prostate gland, pituitary gland, adrenal gland, liver, and pancreas.
(High exposure to radiofrequency radiation linked to tumor activity in male rats, National Institutes of Health)
The king ordered the man to be brought before him, and threatened with angry words that unless he could before the morrow point out the thief, he himself should be looked upon as guilty and executed.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Her height was pretty, just such as almost every body would think tall, and nobody could think very tall; her figure particularly graceful; her size a most becoming medium, between fat and thin, though a slight appearance of ill-health seemed to point out the likeliest evil of the two.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Their own good-nature must point out to them the real cruelty of appearing to know any thing about it when she is present; and the less that may ever be said to myself on the subject, the more my feelings will be spared, as you my dear madam will easily believe.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I would not develop an eccentricity, although he was good enough to point out several by which I might come out of the ruck, as he expressed it, and so catch the attention of the strange world in which he lived.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Lady Bertram, who was a woman of very tranquil feelings, and a temper remarkably easy and indolent, would have contented herself with merely giving up her sister, and thinking no more of the matter; but Mrs. Norris had a spirit of activity, which could not be satisfied till she had written a long and angry letter to Fanny, to point out the folly of her conduct, and threaten her with all its possible ill consequences.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
