Meanings
present singular third person makes a point · participle present making a point · participle past made a point · past made a point
- idiomaticTo argue or promote an idea.
A restaurant my family made a point of going to.
1 more example
I suppose the people who wrote that stuff on the wall were trying to make a point, but they mainly made a mess.
Synonyms: make a statement
- idiomaticTo take care in doing something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done.
Make a point to carry [or of carrying] your calendar with you at all times.
2 more examples
My wallet is missing! I know I had it earlier: I made a point of bringing it.
He made a point of mentioning that embarrassing incident in front of me whenever he saw me.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo argue or promote an idea.
More synonyms by meaning
verbmake a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French mettre un point d'honneur à, se faire un point d'honneur de
- mettre un point d'honneur àto take care in doing something
- se faire un point d'honneur deto take care in doing something
German seinen Standpunkt vertreten, seine Sichtweise vorbringen
- seinen Standpunkt vertretento argue or promote an idea
- seine Sichtweise vorbringento argue or promote an idea
- seine Sicht der Dinge klarstellento argue or promote an idea
- darauf achtento take care in doing something
- dafür sorgento take care in doing something
- sicherstellento take care in doing something
- darauf Wert legento take care in doing something
Hungarian felhívja a figyelmet, kifejezi álláspontját
- felhívja a figyelmetto argue or promote an idea
- kifejezi álláspontjátto argue or promote an idea
- érvelto argue or promote an idea
- ügyelto take care in doing something
- gondoskodikto take care in doing something
- elvi kérdést csinálto take care in doing something
- (nagy) súlyt fektet/helyezto take care in doing something
Icelandic standa fast á, leggja áherslu á
- standa fast áto take care in doing something
- leggja áherslu áto take care in doing something
- hafa fyrir regluto take care in doing something
Italian farsi un dovere
- farsi un dovereto take care in doing something
Polish wyrażać opinię, wyrazić opinię
- wyrażać opinięto argue or promote an idea
- wyrazić opinięto argue or promote an idea
- nie omieszkaćto take care in doing something
Portuguese fazer questão
- fazer questãoto take care in doing something
Russian высказываться
- высказываться (vyskazyvatʹsja)to argue or promote an idea
Spanish decir algo (importante), procurar (hacer)
- decir algo (importante)to argue or promote an idea
- procurar (hacer)to take care in doing something
- asegurarse (de hacer)to take care in doing something
- esforzarse (por hacer)to take care in doing something
Cite this entry
make a point. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20a%20point
“make a point.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20a%20point. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make a point,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20a%20point.
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