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# pinpoint

«pinpoint» in Mova's school dictionary: **verb: To find or show the exact place, cause or time of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (pinpoint, pinpoints, pinpointed, pinpointing); noun (a pinpoint, pinpoints); adjective (pinpoint)

### meaning for a pupil

1) verb: To find or show the exact place, cause or time of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#m1)

2) noun: A very small dot or point, like the point of a pin: "a pinpoint of light". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#m2)

3) adjective: Very exact: "pinpoint accuracy". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and maps, you pinpoint a town on a map using grid references or coordinates. In science and detective stories, you pinpoint the cause of a problem. In sport, a pinpoint pass is very accurate.

### examples

- Can you pinpoint London on the map? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#x1)
- The doctor pinpointed the cause of the pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#x2)
- GPS can pinpoint your position. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#x3)
- A pinpoint of light shone in the dark cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#x4)
- The darts player threw with pinpoint accuracy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#x5)
- It's hard to pinpoint exactly when the problem started. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. One word. In maths and maps, to pinpoint means to give exact coordinates, such as (3, 5).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pinpoint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinpoint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.