pointing

/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/

pointing

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

poin - ting -> pointing

Myanmar meaning

(v[ing]) ညွှန်ပြနေ

Full entry

point /pↄÇnt/ n

၁။ [C] အဖျား။ အစွန်း။ ထိပ်ဖျား။ the point of a pin/ knife/ pencil ❍ the point of the jaw (eg as the target for a punch in boxing) ❍ The stake had been sharpened to a vicious-looking point. See also GUNPOINT, KNIFE-POINT
၂။ [C] (often point as part of a name) အငူ။ သန်လျက်စွန်း။ The ship rounded the point ❍ Pagoda Point.
၃။ [C] (က) အစက်။ အပြောက်။ အမှတ်။ a decimal point ❍ Two point six (2.6) means the same as 2 ⁶/₁₀. (ခ) အစက်။ အပြောက်။ stars seen as points of light in a dark sky. See also FOCAL POINT
၄။ [C](esp geometry ) အမှတ်။ Lines AB and CD intersect at the point P. See also VANISHING-POINT
၅။ [C] နေရာ။ an assembly/ a rallying/ a meeting point ❍ Guards had been posted at several points around the perimeter. See also VANTAGE POINT
၆။ [C] အခိုက်။ ခဏ။ တစ်ချိန်။ He was at the point of death (ie about to die). ❍ At one point I though she was going to refuse. ❍ The argument started to get very violent, at which point I left. See also TURNING-POINT
၇။ [C] အမှတ်။ အဆင့်။ boiling-/ freezing-/ melting-point ❍ reach danger/ crisis point ❍ We had reached the point where some of our assets had to be sold off. ❍ There comes a point when some action is necessary.
၈။ [C] သံလိုက်အိမ်မြှောင် ဒိုင်ခွက်ရှိ အရပ် ၃၂မျက်နှာပြသော အမှတ်များအနက် တစ်မှတ်။ အရပ်မျက်နှာ။ the cardinal points (ie the four main points: N,E, S and W) ❍ all points of the compass. အရပ် ရှစ်မျက်နှာ။
၉။ [C] (က) တိုင်းတာမှုတစ်ရပ်အတွက် သုံးသော အမှတ်။ ညွှန်မှတ်။ a point on a scale ❍ The pound fell several points on the international markets today. (ခ) ပြိုင်ပွဲတွင်ရမှတ်။ ရမှတ်။ အမှတ်။ We need one more point to win the game.
၁၀။ [C] အချက်။ the main points of a story/ a discussion/ an argument ❍ points of difference/ similarity/ agreement/ disagreement ❍ explain a theory point by point (ie explain each individual idea in it, in order) ❍ One point in favour of her plan is its cheapness.
၁၁။ [C] (က) တင်ပြချက်။ အချက်။ Dr Rose made a number of interesting points in his speech. (ခ) ထိမိသောအချက်။ ‘But she might not agree. ’ ‘You've got a point there/ That's a point (ie I had not thought of that)’. See also TALKING-POINT
၁၂။ (usu the point ) [sing] အဓိကအချက်။ ဦးတည်ချက်။ The point (at issue) is this … ❍ Let's stop discussing trivial details and come/ get to the point. ❍ The speaker kept wandering off/ away from the point.
၁၃။ [U, sing] ဆိုလိုချက်။ လိုရင်း။ အကျိုး။ get/ see/ miss the point of sth ❍ I'm afraid you've missed my point. ❍ There's no/ not much point in complaining; they never take any notice
၁၄။ [U] (fml) ထိရောက်မှု။ words/ remarks that have/ lack point.
၁၅။ [C] စရိုက်လက္ခဏာ။ sb's good/ strong/ bad/ weak points ❍ I'm afraid honesty is not his strong point (ie he is not honest). See also SELLING-POINT
၁၆။ [C] (Brit ) ပလတ်ပေါက်။ a power/ cooker/ shaver point.
၁၇။ points [pl] (ဘဲလေးကသူ၏) ခြေဖျား။ dancing on points.
၁၈။ points [pl] (Brit ) (US switch [C]) မီးရထား လမ်းကြောင်း တစ်ခုမှတစ်ခုသို့ ပြောင်းပေးသော သံလမ်းသော့ချက်။ change the points.
၁၉။ [U] ပုံနှိပ်စာလုံး အရွယ်အစား။ ပွိုင့်။ Choose a smaller font size, eg 9 point.
v
၁။ ~ (st/ to sb/ sth) လက်ညှိုးဖြင့် ညွှန်ပြသည်။ လက်ညှိုးထိုး သည်။ It's rude to point. ❍ ‘That's the man who did it,’ she said, pointing at me. ❍ He pointed to a tower on the distant horizon.
၂။ ညွှန်ပြသည်။ A compass needle points north. ❍ The clock hands pointed to twelve (ie It was NOON or midnight).
၃။ ~ sth (at/ towards sb/ sth) ချိန်သည်။ ရွယ်သည်။ (လက်ညှိုး) ထိုးသည်။ point one's finger (at sb/ sth) ❍ point a gun at sb ❍ point a telescope at/ towards the moon.
၄။ မျက်နှာမူသည်။ လှည့်သည်။ A hedgehog's spines point backwards.
၅။ ညွှန်ပြသည်။ ထွန်းပြ သည်။ a story that points a moral.
၆။ (အုတ်တစ်ချပ် နှင့် တစ်ချပ်အကြား) နှာကြောင်းလိုက်သည်။ နှာသပ်သည်။ အုတ်ကွက်ဖော်သည်။ point a wall/ chimney.
❏ beside the point [IDM ] မသက်ဆိုင်။
❏ have one's points [IDM ] ကောင်းသည့်ဘက်တော့ ရှိသည်။ Taking a holiday in November has its points.
❏ if/ when it comes to the point [IDM ] တကယ်တမ်း ကျလာလျှင်။ အရေးကြုံလာလျှင်။ If it came to the point, would you sacrifice your job for your principles?
❏ in point of fact [IDM ] တကယ်တော့။ အမှန်အားဖြင့်။ He said he would pay, but in point of fact he has no money.
❏ make one's point [IDM ] ဆိုစရာရှိတာဆိုသည်။ All right, you've made your point —now keep quiet and let the others say what they think.
❏ make a point of doing sth [IDM ] မပျက်မကွက် (လုပ်) သည်။ မှတ်မှတ်သားသား (လုပ်)သည်။ I make a point of checking that all the windows are shut whenever I go out.
❏ on the point of sth/ doing sth [IDM ] မည့်ဆဲဆဲ။ …မယ်လုပ်တုန်း။ I was on the point of going to bed when you rang. ❍ The company is on the point of collapse.
❏ on points [IDM ] အမှတ်အရ။ Arsenal are level on points, but have played fewer games.
❏ point- duty n [U] (Brit ) (လမ်းဆုံလမ်းခွ စသည်၌) ယာဉ်ထိန်းတာဝန်။
❏ pointed adj
၁။ ချွန်သော။ a pointed instrument/ tool ❍ a pointed hat.
၂။ ဗြောင် (ထောက်ပြခြင်း၊ ဝေဖန်ခြင်း)။ a pointed comment/ remark/ rebuke ❍ She made some pointed references to his careless work.
❏ pointedly adv (ဆန္ဒ တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ ဖော်ပြလိုသောအားဖြင့်) စူးစူးစိုက်စိုက် (ကြည့်သည်)။ She stared pointedly at me. ❍ He looked pointedly at the door (eg indicating that I should open it, close it, leave, etc).
❏ point a/ the finger (at sb) [IDM ] (infml ) လက်ညှိုးထိုး သည်။ ဗြောင်စွပ်စွဲသည်။
❏ pointing n [U] (အုတ်နံရံ၊ အုတ်တိုင်) နှာကြောင်း။ Check the pointing is in good condition.
❏ a point of departure [IDM ]
၁။ ခရီးစရာအရပ်။ ခရီးထွက်အံ့ဆဲဆဲ။
၂။ ဦးဆုံးစကိုင်သည့်အရာ။ Let's take ‘Das Kapital’ as a point of departure for our survey of Marxism.
❏ a point of honour [IDM ] သိက္ခာပုဒ်သဖွယ် စောင့်စည်းအပ် သော အမှု။ ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာကို အလေးအနက်ထား၍ စောင့်စည်းမှု။ I always pay my debts punctually— it's a point of honour with me.
❏ the point of no return [IDM ] ဖောင်ဖျက်လိုက်ခြင်း။
❏ point of order n (pl points of order ) ဆွေးနွေးပွဲ၊ စည်းဝေးပွဲ စည်းမျဉ်း။ On a point of order, Mr Chairman, can associate members vote on this matter?
❏ point of view n (pl points of view ) ရှုထောင့်။ သဘောထား။ This is unacceptable from my point of view. ❍ What's your point of view on nuclear power?
❏ point sth out (to sb) [PHRV ] ညွှန်ပြသည်။ ထောက်ပြ သည်။ point out a mistake ❍ point out to sb the stupidity of their behaviour ❍ I must point out that further delay would be unwise.
❏ point taken [IDM ] (ထောက်ပြသည့်အချက်ကို လက်ခံ ကြောင်း ဖော်ပြသည့်စကား)။ မှန်ပါပေတယ်။
❏ point to sth [PHRV ] ညွှန်ပြနေသည်။ All the evidence points to his guilt.
❏ point-to-point n (Brit ) သတ်မှတ်ထားသော တာအတွင်း အခက်အခဲများ ကျော်လွှားစီးသွားရသော မြင်းပြိုင်ပွဲ။
❏ point sth up [PHRV ] မီးမောင်းထိုးပြသည်။ The recent disagreement points up the differences between the two sides.
❏ point the way (to/ towards sth) [IDM ] အလားအလာ ဖော်ပြနေသည်။ tax reforms which point the way to a more prosperous future.
❏ take sb's point [IDM ] (တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက်ဘက်မှ) ရပ်တည်ထောက်ခံသည်။
❏ to the point [IDM ] လိုရင်းသို့ ရောက်သည်။ အချက်ကျ သည်။ remarks that were very much to the point ❍ His speech was short and to the point.
❏ to the point of sth [IDM ] …ဟု ဆိုရလောက်အောင်ပင်။ His manner was abrupt to the point of rudeness.
❏ up to a (certain) point [IDM ] (တစ်စုံတစ်ရပ်သော) အတိုင်းအတာအထိ။ I agree with you up to a (certain) point.

More examples

I disagree with you on a couple of important points.
[point by point] : Let’s go over the plan point by point.
My point is that we’re spending too much time on details and forgetting the big issues.
What’s your point?
[point of] : What is the point of your visit?
[see/get the point] : I’m sorry – I just don’t see the point of doing this.
[not any/no point] : I see no point in discussing this any further.
[someone’s strong/weak points] : Subtlety is not one of his strong points.
[the finer points] : He spent his spare time coaching youngsters on the finer points of soccer.
[it has its points] : I complain about working different hours from everyone else, but it has its points.
[at this/that point] : At that point we all got up and walked out of the room.
[at this/that point in time] : At this point in time we can’t afford to hire any more people.
The freezing/boiling point of water
[reach a point] : We’re just trying to reach a point where both sides will sit down together and talk.
[to the point of] : His behaviour was strange to the point of being considered unacceptable by his employers.
We’ll meet at a point halfway between here and your hotel.
A point where three different countries meet
Lines C and D intersect at point E.
Our team is two points behind.
They won on points (=by getting the most points).
Interest rates fell by 2 percentage points.
His eyes narrowed to glittering points of light.
The point of the knife/sword/scissors

Synonyms

tip, end, top, summit, peak, advantage, aim, apex, appeal, argument, article, aspect, attraction, attribute, awn, barb, beak, beam, bespeak, bill, bit, bottom line, bring to bear, brink, burden, button down, cape, case, cast, central theme, characteristic, charm, circumstance, circumstantial, claw, cogency, condition, constituent, contact, core, count, crux, cusp, dagger, date, degree, denote, design, designate, detail, direct, dot, draw attention to, drift, duration, edge, effectiveness, element, essence, extent, face, facet, fact, fascination, feature, finger, fleck, flyspeck, force, foreland, full stop, gist, goal, guide, head, headland, heart, hint, idea, imply, import, indicate, influence, instance, instant, intent, intention, interest, iota, item, jag, juncture, kicker, lay, lead, level, limit, line of reasoning, locality, location, locus, look, main idea, make, mark, marrow, material, matter, meaning, meat, minim, mite, moment, mote, motif, motive, name, name of the game, nib, nicety, nitty-gritty, notch, nub, nuts and bolts, object, objective, offer, opinion, outlet, part, particle, particular, peculiarity, peg, peninsula, period, pin down, pin point, pith, place, plug, point in time, pointer, position, power point, prick, prickler, promontory, prong, property, proposition, punch, punch line, purpose, put down for, put finger on, quality, question, reason, respect

Antonyms

bluntness, boredom, bottom, deny, disinterest, dullness, exterior, exteriority, ignore, ineffectiveness, invalidity, lose, lot, middle, mislead, nadir, neglect, outside, personality, refuse, repulsion, surface, take, unemployment, uselessness, whole

Cross references

tip end top summit peak advantage aim apex appeal argument article aspect attraction attribute awn barb beak beam bespeak bill bit bottom line bring to bear brink burden button down cape case