"make a point" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make a point.ogg Forms: makes a point [present, singular, third-person], making a point [participle, present], made a point [participle, past], made a point [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a point}} make a point (third-person singular simple present makes a point, present participle making a point, simple past and past participle made a point)
  1. (idiomatic) To argue or promote an idea. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: make a statement Translations (to argue or promote an idea): seinen Standpunkt vertreten (German), seine Sichtweise vorbringen (German), seine Sicht der Dinge klarstellen (German), felhívja a figyelmet (Hungarian), kifejezi álláspontját (Hungarian), érvel (Hungarian), высказываться (vyskazyvatʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-make_a_point-en-verb-~bOEBhNp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'to argue or promote an idea': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic) To take care in doing something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to take care in doing something): mettre un point d’honneur à (French), se faire un point d’honneur de (French), darauf achten (German), dafür sorgen (German), sicherstellen (German), darauf Wert legen (German), ügyel (Hungarian), gondoskodik (Hungarian), elvi kérdést csinál (Hungarian), (nagy) súlyt fektet/helyez (Hungarian), standa fast á (Icelandic), leggja áherslu á (Icelandic), hafa fyrir reglu (Icelandic), farsi un dovere (Italian), nie omieszkać [perfective] (Polish), fazer questão (Portuguese), procurar (hacer) (Spanish), asegurarse (de hacer) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-make_a_point-en-verb-a4ia-N1J Disambiguation of 'to take care in doing something': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: case in point

Inflected forms

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