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point out

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point someone or something out
to select or indicate someone or something (from a group). Everyone pointed the error out. She pointed out the boy who took her purse.
See also: out, point

point out something also point something out
to show or talk about something so others will notice it Angela pointed out some spelling errors in my paper. Researchers point out that fish contain a type of fat that is good for you. We didn't notice the spout of a whale until another passenger on the ship pointed it out.
See also: out, point


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"No," he said; "I would point out the fact that if, as Pripasov directly asserts, perception is based on sensation, then we are bound to distinguish sharply between these two conceptions.
(though you do not recognize) a Fourth Dimension, which is not colour nor brightness nor anything of the kind, but a true Dimension, although I cannot point out to you its direction, nor can you possibly measure it.
Let us first determine for whose sake a city is established; and point out the different species of rule which man may submit to in social life.
 
 
 
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