pinpoint
US: /ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt/
UK: /pˈɪnpɔɪnt/
UK: /pˈɪnpɔɪnt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
pinpoint
- danh từ
- đầu đinh ghim;
vật nhỏ và nhọn
- <đNGữ>
rất nhỏ đòi hỏi sự chính xác tuyệt đối khi ném bom (khi bắn phá mục tiêu)
- đầu đinh ghim;
- ngoại động từ
- xác định, định vị (cái gì) chính xác; định nghĩa (cái gì) chính xác
Advanced English dictionary
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.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
exactly, precisely
VERB + PINPOINT
can/could
With this you can pinpoint the precise location of the sound.
| be difficult to
PREP.
as
Stress at work was pinpointed as the cause of his illness.
Concise English dictionary
pinpoints|pinpointed|pinpointing
+a very brief moment
+a very small spot
+the sharp point of a pin
verb
+locate exactly
adj.
+meticulously precise
