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Definition of Point out

1. Verb. Make or write a comment on. "He commented the paper of his colleague"

2. Verb. Point out carefully and clearly.

3. Verb. Present and urge reasons in opposition.

Definition of Point out

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body. ¹

2. Verb. (figuratively idiomatic) To tell, remind, indicate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Point Out

point of interest point of intersection point of maximal impulse point of no return point of order point of ossification point of periapsis point of pride point of proximal contact point of purchase

point of reference point of regard point of sail point of sale point of view point out (current term) point projection point release point releases point source

point sources point system point system test types point taken point tenderness point the bone point the finger point the finger at point the way point up

Literary usage of Point out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"It is easy to point out faults in his writings. ... Finlay was almost the first to point out the permanence of the Greek local institutions, and his legal ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... and mode of operation, and the specification must point out the new improvement of the patentee, so as to show in what the improvement consista. ..."

3. Philosophical Magazine (1805)
"... in the Rajahmundry District; interspersed uith stick Remarks as tend to point out the great Benefit that might be expected from increasing this Branch ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"It is easy to point out faults in his writings. ... Finlay was almost the first to point out the permanence of the Greek local institutions, and his legal ..."

5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... and mode of operation, and the specification must point out the new improvement of the patentee, so as to show in what the improvement consista. ..."

6. Philosophical Magazine (1805)
"... in the Rajahmundry District; interspersed uith stick Remarks as tend to point out the great Benefit that might be expected from increasing this Branch ..."

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