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pinpointing

pinpointing is the present participle and gerund of pinpoint.

Meaning of pinpoint

Verb

pinpoint (third-person singular simple present pinpoints, present participle pinpointing, simple past and past participle pinpointed)

  1. (transitive) To identify or locate (someone or something) precisely or with great accuracy.
    • The investigators tried to pinpoint the source of the flames.

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Questions about pinpointing

What is pinpointing the present participle and gerund of?
Pinpointing is the present participle and gerund of pinpoint.

Words near pinpointing in the dictionary

  1. pinpointable
  2. pinpointed
  3. pinpointedly
  4. pinpointer
  5. pinpointers
  6. pinpointing
  7. pinpoints
  8. pinprick
  9. pinpricked
  10. pinpricking
  11. pinpricks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinpointing (page history and authors); pinpoint (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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