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pinpoint

pin·point
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pin-point]
    • /ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt/
    • /ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pin-point]
    • /ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt/

Definitions of pinpoint word

  • noun pinpoint the point of a pin. 1
  • noun pinpoint a trifle; pinhead. 1
  • noun pinpoint a tiny spot or sharp point. 1
  • verb with object pinpoint to locate or describe exactly or precisely: to pinpoint the problem. 1
  • adjective pinpoint exact; precise: pinpoint accuracy. 1
  • transitive verb pinpoint show exact cause 1

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Origin of pinpoint

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; pin + point

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pinpoint

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pinpoint popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

pinpoint usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for pinpoint

verb pinpoint

  • arrive at — to reach by traveling
  • be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
  • blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
  • button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • carded — a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.

adj pinpoint

  • by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
  • dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
  • dead-on — exactly right, accurate, or pertinent: The film director has a dead-on feel for characterization.

noun pinpoint

  • dot — a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
  • fleck — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
  • flyspeck — a speck or tiny stain from the excrement of a fly.

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