pinpointverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/us/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/C2 to find out or say the exact position in space or time of something:
It is not possible to pinpoint precisely the time of death.
C2 to discover or describe the exact facts about something:
Emergency workers at the site are still unable to pinpoint the cause of the explosion.
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Finding and discovering
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight
- ascertain
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- flush
- get hold of idiom
- get wind of sth idiom
- happen
- happen on/upon sth/sb
- have a (good) nose for sth idiom
- rediscover
- root sth/sb out
- run sb/sth to ground idiom
- scent
- search
- search sth/sb out
- smell
- stumble
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Defining & explaining
pinpointnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/us/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/a very small spot of something:
a pinpoint of light
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Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinprick
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
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pinpointadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/us/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/very exact:
The computer will calculate your position with pinpoint accuracy.
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Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- aright
- authoritative
- bang
- be bang on idiom
- exact
- exactly
- flat
- in so many words idiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- letter-perfect
- literal
- strictly speaking idiom
- technically
- to the day idiom
- to the letter idiom
- truly
- unerring
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