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POINT UP

Pronunciation (US):

• POINT UP (verb)
The verb POINT UP has 1 sense:

1. emphasize, especially by identification

Familiarity information: POINT UP used as a verb is very rare.

• POINT UP (verb)

Sense 1

point up ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Emphasize, especially by identification

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

This novel points up the racial problems in England

Hypernyms (to "point up" is one way to...):

accent; accentuate; emphasise; emphasize; punctuate; stress (to stress, single out as important)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

"East or West, home is best."
(English proverb)
"Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself."
(Native American proverb, Pima)
"Sit where you are welcomed and helped, and don't sit where you are not welcomed."
(Arabic proverb)
"Dogs don't eat dogs."
(Czech proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of emphasize
Meaning of accent
Pronunciation of punctuate
Meaning of stress
Meaning of emphasise

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