pinpoint
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verb (used with object)
4.
to locate or describe exactly or precisely: to pinpoint the problem.
adjective
5.
exact; precise: pinpoint accuracy.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to locate or identify exactly: to pinpoint a problem; to pinpoint a place on a map |
| —n | |
| 2. | an insignificant or trifling thing |
| 3. | the point of a pin |
| 4. | (modifier) exact: a pinpoint aim |
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Word Origin & History
pinpoint
"locate precisely," 1917, from pin + point; originally aviators' slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The participants then had to pinpoint the locations they'd last seen the circles.
Often the explosions start as a pinpoint and burst outward with a flash and a roar.
Surely it's this easy to pinpoint an entire nation's happiness level.
No patrol car was sent because dispatchers couldn't pinpoint the location of the call.
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