pointing out
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- noun
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- During the meeting, the manager's pointing out the budget discrepancies helped everyone understand the issue.
- worth pointing out
- pointing out similarities
- pointing out differences
So there's really no point in pointing out their behavior to them.
- So there's really no point in pointing out their behavior to them.
- So thank you for pointing out my insecurity.
- But just pointing out problems isn't useful.
- They seem so consumed with pointing out and worshipping other men for their masculinity.
Examples
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I'm just pointing out the obvious.
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Rather than remaining passive and depressed, she moves toward passion and persuasive writing, pointing out injustice and demanding fair treatment.
Academic text (2015) -
Just pointing out something that could save your life.
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In town, it was as if we wore signs pointing out who we were.
Academic text (1993) -
I was just pointing out the possibilities.
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Both of them were way too busy pointing out the sights to his bratty younger brother and sister.
Fiction book (1996) -
The PTA had set up signs in every corridor pointing out the toilets.
Fiction book (2000) -
A few nights later, Linda was sitting on the back steps, pointing out the Big Dipper to Sara Margaret.
Fiction book (1993) -
The tobacco lawyers scoff at such thoughts, pointing out similar predictions ever since Eva Cooper brought the first lawsuit.
Academic text (1994) -
We thank Ahmed Vargas Velazquez for computer help and for pointing out a duplication in the assembly.
Academic text (2017)
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the act of drawing attention to something by indicating or demonstrating it' is directly derivable from combining 'point' (to show or direct attention) with the particle 'out' (suggesting outwardness or bringing into view); this verb+particle composition is productive and follows a clear compositional pattern. A B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer 'point out' (and the noun 'pointing out') without needing prior exposure.
Etymology
Pointing out The noun pointing out comes from the simple picture of someone using a finger to point at something while the word out shows moving attention toward it. That's why pointing out means 'to show' or 'draw attention to' a fact or detail.