pinpoint

1. 1.

   locate exactly

   “can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?”

   “The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome”

   Synonymsnail

   Broaderlocate

Other forms of pinpoint

plural

pinpoints·

past tense

pinpointed·

present participle

pinpointing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pinpoint

What does pinpoint mean?

pinpoint means "a very brief moment". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pinpoint?

pinpoint has 2 syllables: pin-point. The stress falls on "pin". In IPA it is /ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt/.

What is another word for pinpoint?

Close synonyms include speck, nail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pinpoint a common word?

pinpoint is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pinpoint?

13 words rhyme with pinpoint. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.