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POINT UP
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emphasize, especially by identification
Example:
This novel points up the racial problems in England
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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