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on the point of

on the point of preposition: very near to; ready to; just about to; such that something is imminent.

Preposition

on the point of

  1. (idiomatic) Very near to; ready to; just about to; such that something is imminent.
    • The old building seemed to be on the point of collapse.
    • As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

on the point of meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

on the point of in Malayalam

on the verge of, (just) about to, on the brink of
അരികെ, അടുത്ത്, വക്കത്ത്, വക്കിൽ, ആസന്നം, ഏകദേശം

on the point of in Kannada

ಮಾಡಿಬಿಡುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ

on the point of in Arabic

very near to
عَلَى وَشٰك ʕalā wašāk

Synonyms of on the point of

Questions about on the point of

What does on the point of mean?
On the point of means very near to; ready to; just about to; such that something is imminent.
What is on the point of in Malayalam?
On the point of in Malayalam is അരികെ, അടുത്ത്, വക്കത്ത്. See On the point of meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is on the point of?
On the point of is a preposition.

Words near on the point of in the dictionary

  1. on the pdq
  2. on the phone
  3. on the pill
  4. on the piss
  5. on the plus side
  6. on the point of
  7. on the premises
  8. on the prod
  9. on the prowl
  10. on the pull
  11. on the q.t.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: on the point of (page history and authors); on the point of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); on the point of (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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