point

nounAinmfhocal 1 idea, argument, etcpointe masc4 cmu on this point we're all agreed táimid uilig ar aon intinn faoin bpointe seo I agree with you on all points tá mé ag teacht leat go huile is go hiomlán two main points concern us tá dhá mhórphointe ag déanamh imní dúinn point by point pointe ar phointe a point of concern ábhar imní, údar buartha a point of grammar ceist ghramadaí, pointe gramadaí it's a point of honour with her is ceist onóra é di a point of law pointe dlí, ceist dlí on a point of principle ar cheist phrionsabail a point of no importance pointe gan tábhacht a ten-point plan plean deich bpointe in point of fact I didn't say that is é fírinne an scéil nach ndúirt mé é sin, chun an fhírinne a rá ní dúirt mé é singood point 2 what sb is trying to saypointe masc4 cmu to make a point about sth pointe a dhéanamh faoi rud she made the point about it being unfair rinne sí an pointe nach raibh sé cothrom the point is that we should help them is é bun agus barr an scéil gur chóir dúinn cabhrú leo what's your point? cad é atá tú ag iarraidh a rá? my point was that it's too late is é an rud a bhí mé ag iarraidh a rá ná go bhfuil sé ródhéanach do you get my point? an dtuigeann tú leat mé?, an bhfuil tú liom? that's not the point ní hé sin an cheist, ní hé sin é that's beside the point ní bhaineann sé sin leis an scéal, ní bhaineann sé sin le hábhar that's just the point! sin go díreach é!, leag tú do mhéar air! you should stick to the point ba cheart duit cloí leis an ábhar, ba cheart duit fanacht leis an scéalget to the pointI see your point 3 reason or purposecúis fem2 cmucuspóir masc3 cmuaidhm fem2 cmu there was no point (also nó there wasn't any point) níorbh fhiú é, ní raibh gar ann, cur amú ama a bhí ann that's the whole point sin é bun agus barr an scéil there's no point in complaining níl aon mhaith a bheith ag clamhsán, ní fiú a bheith ag casaoid, níl gar a bheith ag gearán what's the point of his visit? cad é an chúis atá lena chuairt?, cad é an cuspóir atá lena chuairt? I don't see the point of that (also nó I don't get the point of that) ní thuigim, cén mhaith é sin, ní léir dom cad is fiú é sin what's the point of talking? cén mhaith a bheith ag caint? there was no point at all to his story ní raibh bun ná barr lena scéal, ní raibh ciall ná réasún lena scéal 4 aspect or featuregné fem4 cmutréith fem2 cmu the main points of the system príomhghnéithe an chórais his good points outweigh his bad points is mó na dea-thréithe ná na drochthréithe atá aige that's not her strong point ní hé sin an bua is mó atá aici these are the points you've got to be careful about seo iad na rudaí ar gá a bheith cúramach fúthuthe finer points 5 in timeam masc3 cmupointe masc4 cmu we've reached the halfway point in the project táimid leath bealaigh tríd an tionscadal this is the right point to look at this seo an t-am ceart le breathnú air seo we have similar data from two points in time tá sonraí cosúla againn ó dhá phointe ama, tá sonraí cosúla againn ó dhá am ar leith stop me at any point stop mé am ar bith at certain points ag pointí áirithe, ag amanna áirithe at this point I'd like to ... ag an bpointe seo ba mhaith liom ... it's only a draft at this point in time níl ann ach dréacht go fóill beag, níl ann ach dréacht i láthair na huaire from that point onwards uaidh sin amach, uaidh sin ar aghaidh, ón am sin amachat one pointat some point 6 in process, developmentpointe masc4 cmu do not proceed past this point ná téigh níos faide ná seo, ná téigh thar an áit seo I'd been doing well up until that point bhí ag éirí go maith liom go dtí sin they're driving him to the point of distraction tá sé ar strae sa chloigeann acu, tá siad á chur as a mheabhair he was pushed to the point of resigning cuireadh an oiread sin brú air gur éirigh sé as I'd got to the point where I couldn't take any more bhí mé sa riocht nach dtiocfadh liom cur suas lena thuilleadh, bhí mo dhóthain agam faoin tráth sin 7 particular placeáit fem2 cmupointe masc4 cmu the highest point in the locality an áit is airde sa dúiche point of entry bealach isteach at various points along your route ag áiteanna éagsúla ar do thuras at the point where the M1 joins the M50 san áit a mbuaileann an M1 leis an M50 8 mathematicsmatamaitic on graph, map etcpointe masc4 cmu point A pointe A 9 pointed partbarr masc1 cmubior masc3 cmurinn fem2 cmugob masc1 cmu the point of a knife barr scine the point of a pen bior pinn the point of a pencil barr peann luaidhe the point of a sword rinn claímh a star with five points réalta a bhfuil cúig rinn uirthi 10 small area of light/colour point of light léas beag solais, drithlín solais point of colour breacadh datha 11 gamescluichí, sportspórt score in gamespointe masc4 cmu the black is worth seven points is fiú seacht bpointe an dubh Australia lost by two points chaill an Astráil le dhá phointe the Irish team are on nine points tá naoi bpointe ag foireann na hÉireannon pointsscore points 12 hurling & camogieiománaíocht & camógaíocht in Gaelic gamescúilín masc4 cmupointe masc4 cmu she scored a goal and four points fuair sí cúl agus ceithre chúilín Donegal won by two points bhain Tír Chonaill le dhá phointe 13 statisticsstaitistic, polpol unit, percentpointe masc4 cmu it went up two points tháinig méadú dhá phointe air, mhéadaigh sé dhá phointe 14 mathematicsmatamaitic decimal pointpointe masc4 cmuponc masc1 cmu four point two a ceathair pointe a dó, a ceathair ponc a dó 15 publishingfoilsitheoireacht font sizepointe masc4 cmu font size of twelve points clómhéid dhá phointe dhéag 16 geographytíreolaíocht pointed part of landceann tíre cmurinn fem2 cmugob masc1 cmu Carnsore Point Ceann an Chairn 17 (also nó compass point) geographytíreolaíocht on compassaird fem2 cmurinn fem2 cmu the eight points of the compass ocht n-airde an chompáis from all points as gach aird, as na ceithre hairde 18 electricalleictreach electrical socketpointe masc4 cmu charge point pointe luchtaithe power point pointe cumhachta verbbriathar 19 indicate with finger etcpoint to intransitiveneamhaistreachméar a dhíriúméar a shíneadh she pointed down dhírigh sí a méar síos it's rude to point at a person tá sé drochmhúinte do mhéar a dhíriú ar dhuine what's he pointing at? cad air a bhfuil sé ag díriú? she pointed at the house with her stick dhírigh sí a bata i dtreo an tí transitiveaistreach don't point your finger at me! ná dírigh do mhéar ormsa! she pointed her head in the direction of the kitchen chlaon sí a ceann i dtreo na cistine 20 of arrow, sign, etc intransitiveneamhaistreach the compass always points to the north bíonn aghaidh an chompáis ó thuaidh i gcónaí transitiveaistreach to point the way an bealach a thaispeáint, eolas na slí a thabhairt follow the signs that point the way to the port lean na comharthaí a thugann eolas an bhealaigh chuig an gcalafort 21 indicate way to sbtreoraigh verb cmucuir verb cmu transitiveaistreach he pointed me in the direction of the hotel threoraigh sé mé i dtreo an óstáin, chuir sé i dtreo an óstáin mé 22 indicate information, course of action etc to sb transitiveaistreach she'll point you to whatever you need cuirfidh sí thú i dtreo pé rud atá uait, inseoidh sí duit cá bhfuil aon rud a theastaíonn uait to point sb in the right direction used figurativelyúsáid fháthchiallach duine a chur sa treo ceart, duine a chur ar bhealach a leasa 23 to conclusion etcpoint to intransitiveneamhaistreach the evidence points that way sin an chuma atá ar an bhfianaise everything here points towards murder tá gach cosúlacht ar an scéal gur dúnmharú é seo transitiveaistreach it pointed the way towards the answers we needed rinne sé eolas dúinn ó thaobh teacht ar na freagraí a bhí uainn 24 gun, camera, etc transitiveaistreach she pointed her gun at the rabbit dhírigh sí a gunna ar an gcoinín he pointed the car towards Dublin thug sé aghaidh an chairr ar Bhaile Átha Cliath 25 (of object) aim, face etc in particular direction intransitiveneamhaistreach the car is pointing in the wrong direction tá an carr iompaithe sa treo contráilte their guns were pointing at me bhí a ngunnaí dírithe ormsa 26 extend toes transitiveaistreach to point your toes do ladhracha a dhíriú 27 information technologyteicneolaíocht faisnéise place cursor intransitiveneamhaistreachpointeáil verb cmu point at the word and click pointeáil ar an bhfocal agus cliceáil transitiveaistreachpointeáil verb cmu point the mouse over the icon pointeáil an luch thar an deilbhín 28 information technologyteicneolaíocht faisnéise act as link to document, website etc intransitiveneamhaistreach that should point to the home page ba cheart go ndéanfadh sé sin nasc leis an leathanach baile 29 information technologyteicneolaíocht faisnéise create/use link to document, website etc transitiveaistreach point the browser at the company website pointeáil an brabhsálaí ar láithreán gréasáin an chomhlachta 30 constructiontógáil mortar transitiveaistreachpointeáil verb cmu 31 footballpeil, hurling & camogieiománaíocht & camógaíocht score intransitiveneamhaistreachcúilín a aimsiúpointe a aimsiúcúilín a fháilpointe a fháil she pointed from midfield d'aimsigh sí cúilín ó lár na páirce, fuair sí pointe ó lár na páirce transitiveaistreachcúilín a aimsiú ópointe a aimsiú ócúilín a fháil ópointe a fháil ó he pointed a sideline cut d'aimsigh sé cúilín ó phoc taobhlíne SubformsSainfhoirmeacha → points PhrasesNathanna at all points an t-am ar fad cmuar feadh an achairi rith an ama cmu the actors remained on stage at all points d'fhan na haisteoirí ar an ardán an t-am ar fad, d'fhan na haisteoirí ar an ardán ó thús go deireadh the work was well done at all points obair mhaith a bhí ann ó thús deireadh at one point ag tráth amháinuair amháin cmuag am amháin they nearly died at one point is beag nár cailleadh iad ag tráth amháin at one point there was no road here bhí tráth ann nach raibh aon bhóthar anseo, ní raibh bealach ar bith anseo in am amháin at some point am éigin cmuuair éigin at some point in the future am éigin amach anseo the finer points na mionsonraí to sort out the finer points na mionsonraí a réiteach to discuss the finer points of Irish politics polaitíocht na hÉireann a phlé go mion to get to the point (also nó to come to the point) get to the point! abair an rud atá ar d'intinn!, abair amach é! I'll come to the point tiocfaidh mé go croí an scéil good point that's a good point an-phointe, pointe maith, tá an ceart agat to have a point you have a point there! tá an ceart agat ansin!, is fíor duit! to have a point to prove they had a point to prove bhí rud éigin le cruthú acu I see your point (also nó I take your point) I see your point tuigim do phointe, feicim an rud atá tú a rá I take your point about advertising glacaim le do phointe faoi fhógraíocht, tá mé leat faoi fhógraíocht to make a point (also nó to make your point; to prove a point) I'm doing it to make a point tá mé á dhéanamh le seasamh a thógáil you've made your point! tá do chuid ráite agat!, dúirt tú an méid a bhí le rá agat!, chuala mé thú! to make a point of doing sth féachaint chuige go ndéanann tú ruda dhéanamh cinnte go ndéanann tú rud I made a point of saying it dúirt mé d'aon ghnó é, dúirt mé in aon turas é, rinne mé cinnte de go ndúirt mé é I made a point of speaking to her in person d'fhéach mé chuige go labhróinn léi go pearsanta, rinne mé cinnte de gur labhair mé léi go pearsanta to miss the point you've missed the point of what she was saying níor thuig tú an rud a bhí á rá aici you've obviously missed the point of the novel is léir nár thug tú brí an úrscéil leat, is léir go bhfuil míthuiscint ort faoin úrscéal more to the point he's clever and, more to the point, he's kind tá sé cliste agus, níos tábhachtaí fós, tá sé cineálta off the point that's totally off the point ní bhaineann sin le hábhar ar chor ar bith we're getting off the point táimid ag imeacht ón ábhar on points ar bhonn pointí Taylor won on points bhuaigh Taylor ar bhonn pointí to be on the point of doing sth bheith ar tí rud a dhéanamh I was on the point of leaving bhí mé ar tí imeacht, bhí mé ar bhéala imeacht, bhí mé réidh le himeacht to be on the point of death bheith ar tí bás a fháil, bheith ag saothrú an bháis, bheith sna críocha déanacha, bheith i mbéal an bháis to point the finger (also nó to point a finger; to point fingers) to point the finger at sb/sth an mhéar a dhíriú i dtreo duine/ruda, an milleán a chur ar dhuine/rud, an locht a chur ar dhuine/rud the point of no return I'd reached the point of no return bhí mé gafa rófhada leis, ní raibh aon dul siar anois agam air, ní raibh filleadh agam air point taken glacaim leis sin to score points 1 have advantagesdéanamh go maith this is where Ireland scores points over other countries seo an áit a bhfuil Éire chun cinn ar thíortha eile 2 pejorativedíspeagúil gain small victoriespointí a scóráil they're trying to score political points off each other tá siad ag scóráil pointí polaitiúla ar a chéile that's a point is fíor sintá an ceart ansin agat to the point ábhartha cmu this distinction is to the point baineann an dealú seo le hábhar keep your suggestions to the point bíodh do chuid moltaí ábhartha, baineadh do chuid moltaí leis an ábhar up to a point go pointe áirithe when it comes to the point nuair a théann an chúis go cnámh na huillinnenuair a thagann an crú ar an tairne to not put too fine a point on it gan fiacail a chur ann cmu you were rude, not to put too fine a point on it bhí tú mímhúinte, gan fiacail a chur ann; gan a bheith anonn is anall leis, bhí tú mímhúinte Phrasal VerbsBriathra Frásacha→ point out→ point to→ point up

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