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"text": "He pointed out the little brown bird in the tree.",
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"text": "She pointed out the two drummers in the class.",
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"ref": "1953 August, Basil M. Bazley, “Carlisle in 1905”, in Railway Magazine, page 507:",
"text": "I have often been amused by travellers pointing out, first the Eden, just north of the station, and then the Esk, which young Lochinvar swam, as the Border; the real boundary is, of course, the little river Sark, just south of the Caledonian station at Gretna; […].",
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body."
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "أَشَارَ"
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "আঙুলিয়া"
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"roman": "posóčvam",
"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
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"roman": "ukázvam",
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"word": "ука́звам"
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "apuntar"
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"roman": "zhǐ",
"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "指"
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
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"word": "näyttää"
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"word": "pointer"
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
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"word": "hinweisen"
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"word": "가리키다"
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"word": "addigito"
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "whakahahaki"
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "apontar"
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"word": "ука́зывать"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"roman": "diśati",
"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "दिशति"
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "indicar"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "señalar"
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{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "apuntar"
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"roman": "vkázuvaty",
"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "вка́зувати"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"roman": "vkazáty",
"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
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"word": "вказа́ти"
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"text": "I would just like to point out that we need to finish our meeting by 9 o'clock.",
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{
"ref": "1962 May, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 343:",
"text": "As a Hitchin signalman once pointed out to me, when a regulating quandary arises concerning a fast-moving Class A train there is no time to consult Control and get their answer before the express is on one's doorstep.",
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"To tell, remind, indicate."
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"(figuratively, idiomatic) To tell, remind, indicate."
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"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "aṅulia",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "আঙুলিয়া"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "indicar"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "aangeven"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "montri"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "indiquer"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "indicar"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "aufzeigen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "darauf hinweisen"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "δείχνω"
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"word": "δείκνυμι"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "indicare"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "puntualizzare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "osservare"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "evidenziare"
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{
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "shimesu",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "示す"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "mōnstrō"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "ചൂണ്ടിക്കാണിക്കുക"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "whakaatuatu"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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"word": "zwracać uwagę"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "przypominać"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"tags": [
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"word": "przypomnieć"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "destacar"
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"roman": "ukázyvatʹ",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "ука́зывать"
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"roman": "ukazátʹ",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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"word": "указа́ть"
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"roman": "napominátʹ",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "напомина́ть"
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"text": "I have often been amused by travellers pointing out, first the Eden, just north of the station, and then the Esk, which young Lochinvar swam, as the Border; the real boundary is, of course, the little river Sark, just south of the Caledonian station at Gretna; […].",
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
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"sense": "identify with a bodily gesture",
"word": "apuntar"
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "aanduiden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "aangeven"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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{
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"word": "indicar"
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"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
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"word": "нагада́ти"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zvertáty uváhu",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"word": "зверта́ти ува́гу"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaznáčyty",
"sense": "tell, remind, indicate to someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зазна́чити"
}
],
"word": "point out"
}
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