point out

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to indicate or specify

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point out Idioms  

1. Identify or bring to notice, as in He pointed out the oldest buildings in the city, or She pointed out an error in our reasoning. [Late 1400s]

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Example Sentences

The Maybank analysts pointed out that only a few ships seem to have passed through the strait successfully.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Department for Transport spokesman said the report "rightly highlights the need to improve our roads" and pointed out that the government has raised the funding level to help councils "fix the pothole plague".

From BBC

British sources also point out that aircraft carriers provide a runway where there otherwise wouldn't be one, but the UK has exactly that on land nearby - at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

From BBC

My instinct was to point out to Miss Lacey that this didn’t fit the theme of Shanghai Chic, but I checked myself.

From Literature

For the rest of the walk he spared me the pressure of trying to sound intelligent, addressing me only to point out loose stones or other hazards of the street made invisible by the dark.

From Literature

Related Words

• identify
• indicate
• mention
• refer
• remind
• reveal
• specify