point out

verb

pointed out; pointing out; points out

1

: to direct someone's attention to (someone or something) by pointing

He pointed his girlfriend out (to me) in the crowd.

Could you point out the restrooms, please.

2

: to talk about or mention (something that one thinks is important)

He was quick to point our mistake out.

He pointed out the benefits/importance of daily exercise.

As she likes to point out, she distrusted him from the beginning.

Examples of point out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The governor's allies point out Biggs is campaigning statewide for the first time and has never faced a serious political challenger for a broader swath of the state's electorate. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 July 2026

The elephant in the room for both him and Nyong’o is obviously that neither of them is Greek, which critics have pointed out is not historically accurate. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

But there were plenty of amenities to point out—the massage rooms and nap pods, the dinosaur fossil, the wacky sensory-break touches like ball pits, swings, and yoga balls (even if no one actually seemed to use them). — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

Torsten Slok, chief economists at Apollo Global, pointed out in a note on Wednesday hyperscalers’ cover ratio—investor orders per every dollar of bonds—has plunged. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026

Rhymes for point out

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