POINT UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Emphasize, especially by identification

Example:

This novel points up the racial problems in England

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "point up" is one way to...):

accent; accentuate; emphasise; emphasize; punctuate; stress (to stress, single out as important)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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