point up

Verb

Meaning

emphasize, especially by identification

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Synonyms

mark feature indicate stress repeat emphasize accent foreground headline illuminate intensify heighten accented underline underscore
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Antonyms

minimize forget discount neglect diminish disdain
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Hypernyms

stress emphasize accent accentuate punctuate emphasise

Examples

Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others. Brian Eno

This novel points up the racial problems in England Source: Internet

All traffic has been stopped from that point up until I-66 north of it. Source: Internet

The committee would, among other terms of reference, study the report, point up focal issues, and draw up actionable plans on each of the recommendations of the Visitation Panel in a way that would help the government to tackle the issues in the school. Source: Internet

The Jets were one point up on the Coyotes and have a game in hand. Source: Internet

Whilst tends to appear in non-temporal senses, as when used to point up a contrast. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

point to ponder point toward point track point welding point where the sun crosses the celestial equator point woman