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pinpoint en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From pin + point.
Meanings
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Extremely precise or specific, especially regarding location.
The 28-year-old not only hassled the visitors' midfield but also delivered pinpoint balls with alarming accuracy as far as the east Londoners were concerned.
2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, in BBC:The machine assembles parts at high speed and with pinpoint accuracy.
Forms
Translations (5)
fi erittäin täsmällinen (extremely precise) · fi erittäin tarkka (extremely precise) · bg с голяма точност (extremely precise) · id tepat (extremely precise) · bg прецизен (extremely precise)
pinpoint en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From pin + point.
Meanings
-
The point of a pin.
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Something infinitesimal; a tiny point.
What was once an astonishing, one-off discovery in 2005 may prove to be just a pinpoint in a global distribution of animals of which we previously knew nothing.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 364:
Forms
Deriveds
pinpoint pupil
Translations (6)
fi neulan kärki (point of a pin) · de Nadelspitze (point of a pin) · bg връх на карфица (point of a pin) · fi nuppineulan kärki (point of a pin) · ca punxa d'agulla (point of a pin) · de Pinspitze (point of a pin)
pinpoint en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From pin + point.
Meanings
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(transitive) To identify or locate (someone or something) precisely or with great accuracy.
It would defeat the purpose of secret surveillance if individuals were able to pinpoint exactly when the police were likely to be listening in on their conversations and adapt their behaviour accordingly, and the [European] Court [of Human Rights] has not interpreted Article 8 to require that this information should be provided to individuals, either before, during, or after they have been the subject of surveillance measures.
2017 July 11, Bernadette Rainey, Elizabeth Wicks, Clare Ovey, Jacobs, White, and Ovey. The European Convention on Human Rights, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 411:The investigators tried to pinpoint the source of the flames.
Forms
Deriveds
pinpointedly · pinpointable · pinpointer · unpinpointed
Translations (11)
da fastslå (locate precisely) · fi paikantaa (locate precisely) · fr identifier (locate precisely) · id menunjuk secara tepat (locate precisely) · de genau verorten (locate precisely) · de ausmitteln (locate precisely) · cs vymezit (locate precisely) · el εντοπίζω (locate precisely) · ca especificar (locate precisely) · fi määrittää tarkemmin (locate precisely) · fr localiser (locate precisely)