verb, adjective, noun
verb [VN]
1 to find and show the exact position of sb/sth or the exact time that sth happened:
He was able to pinpoint on the map the site of the medieval village.
2 to be able to give the exact reason for sth or to describe sth exactly:
The report pinpointed the areas most in need of help.
adjective if sth is done with pinpoint accuracy, it is done exactly and in exactly the right position:
The pilots bombed strategic targets with pinpoint accuracy.
noun a very small area of sth, especially light:
The star was little more than a pinpoint in the night sky.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for pinpoint is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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