Meanings
- idiomaticRelevant or pertinent; succinct; specific. (The article "the" may be replaced by a possessive form denoting whose point is being acknowledged.)
His letter was short and to the point.
4 more examples
But, more to the point, we should be asking whether this requirement is even necessary in the first place.
Furthermore, to Alice's point, it would be best to get input from the marketing team before finalizing this.
Jonathan Ross is shown congratulating her on being “common” and his identifying the elephant in the room is to the point, although the film doesn’t press the point of how that voice just surged up.
2015 July 2, Peter Bradshaw, “Amy review – a harrowing account of Winehouse's tragic destiny”, in The Guardian, →ISSNGoing for broke, the BRB said that Edinburgh-Aberdeen and Hull-Doncaster-Leeds should be considered [for electrification], along with Plymouth-Penzance and Crewe-Holyhead, all to be in place by 2001. Norman Fowler's reply was short and to the point: Sorry, no.
2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “Launched for enthusiasts - now it's for everyone”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 29Synonyms: on point, pithy · Antonyms: beside the point
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseRelevant or pertinent; succinct; specific. (The article "the" may be replaced by a possessive form denoting whose point is being acknowledged.)
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech k věci
- k věcirelevant or pertinent, succinct
Dutch ter zake
- ter zakerelevant or pertinent, succinct
Finnish ytimekäs
- ytimekäsrelevant or pertinent, succinct
French concis, direct
- concisrelevant or pertinent, succinct
- directrelevant or pertinent, succinct
Hungarian lényegre törő
- lényegre törőrelevant or pertinent, succinct
Polish do rzeczy, na tyle
- do rzeczyrelevant or pertinent, succinct
- na tyleliterally
- ażliterally
Portuguese certeiro
- certeirorelevant or pertinent, succinct
Russian по делу, по существу
- по делу (po delu)relevant or pertinent, succinct
- по существу (po suščestvu)relevant or pertinent, succinct
Scottish Gaelic pongail
- pongailrelevant or pertinent, succinct
Spanish al grano, (hacer) al caso
- al granorelevant or pertinent, succinct
- (hacer) al casorelevant or pertinent, succinct
- venir al caso/propósitorelevant or pertinent, succinct
- (ser) del casorelevant or pertinent, succinct
- encajarrelevant or pertinent, succinct
- al/“hasta el” punto de/en (que)literally
- hasta/a tal punto queliterally
Cite this entry
to the point. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20point
“to the point.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20point. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to the point,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20the%20point.
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