point (out)

verb

Definition of point (out)next
as in to indicate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for point (out)
  1. indicate
  2. suggest
  3. signal
  4. imply
  5. signify
  6. intend
  7. infer
Verb
  • The updating radar map above shows areas of precipitation in green, with greater intensities indicated by yellow and orange.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Data delayed 15 minutes unless otherwise indicated (view delay times for all exchanges).
    Quartz, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of indicate
Verb
  • Netanyahu’s lack of strategic vision to accomplish this task, however, suggests that Israel will be prosecuting an ongoing war that has alienated many potential U.S. partners in the world.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The abuse victims’ attorneys, however, suggested that not funding the trust immediately would short-change people who had already been victimized by the church, given how the value of that trust could erode with time and inflation.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of suggest
Verb
  • And commissioners have signaled their interest in doing more on housing, by asking the state to restore their power (taken away in the 1980s) to require developers to provide affordable units.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • In infants, trouble feeding can also signal a more serious viral infection.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of signal
Verb
  • The merger implies a current equity value of Huture at $1.0 billion prior to closing.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • During the election, a political advertisement falsely implied Vick supported Amendment 80.
    Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of imply
Verb
  • Similarly, Harris will also be holding her final campaign event in the state, signifying the critical role the state plays in securing the presidency.
    Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In the downstairs ballroom, Guadagnino embraces his two co-stars, signifying their close relationship.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of signify
Verb
  • Her kids are also receiving a more significant portion of the estate than was intended.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Given the laptop-class CPU and GPU, only the RAM and storage are intended to be readily user-accessible—the chips are locked down and facing toward the cooling system that occupies the other half of the case.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of intend
Verb
  • The unexpected destinations, plus Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally last weekend in deep-blue New York, has led some Republicans to infer that Trump is overruling the political pros on his team.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Relative genotoxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons inferred from free energy perturbation approaches.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of infer
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point of view

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“Point (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/point%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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