3 noun reason or purposecúis fem2 c m ucuspóir masc3 c m uaidhm fem2 c m uthere was no point (also there wasn't any point) níorbh fhiú é, ní raibh gar ann, cur amú ama a bhí annthat's the whole point sin é bun agus barr an scéilthere's no point in complaining níl aon mhaith a bheith ag clamhsán, ní fiú a bheith ag casaoid, níl gar a bheith ag gearánwhat'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 I don't get the point of that) ní thuigim, cén mhaith é sin, ní léir dom cad is fiú é sinwhat'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 noun aspect or featuregné fem4 c m utréith fem2 c m uthe main points of the system príomhghnéithe an chóraishis good points outweigh his bad points is mó na dea-thréithe ná na drochthréithe atá aigethat's not her strong point ní hé sin an bua is mó atá aicithese are the points you've got to be careful about seo iad na rudaí ar gá a bheith cúramach fúthu 5 noun in timeam masc3 c m upointe masc4 c m uwe've reached the halfway point in the project táimid leath bealaigh tríd an tionscadalthis is the right point to look at this seo an t-am ceart le breathnú air seowe have similar data from two points in time tá sonraí cosúla againn ó dhá phointe ama, tá sonraí cosúla againn ó dhá am ar leithstop me at any point stop mé am ar bithat certain points ag pointí áirithe, ag amanna áiritheat 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 huairefrom that point onwards uaidh sin amach, uaidh sin ar aghaidh, ón am sin amach 6 noun in process, developmentpointe masc4 c m udo not proceed past this point ná téigh níos faide ná seo, ná téigh thar an áit seoI'd been doing well up until that point bhí ag éirí go maith liom go dtí sinthey're driving him to the point of distraction tá sé ar strae sa chloigeann acu, tá siad á chur as a mheabhairhe was pushed to the point of resigning cuireadh an oiread sin brú air gur éirigh sé asI'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 noun particular placeáit fem2 c m upointe masc4 c m uthe highest point in the locality an áit is airde sa dúichepoint of entry bealach isteachat various points along your route ag áiteanna éagsúla ar do thurasat the point where the M1 joins the M50 san áit a mbuaileann an M1 leis an M50 8 noun MATH on graph, map etcpointe masc4 c m upoint A pointe A 9 noun pointed partbarr masc1 c m ubior masc3 c m urinn fem2 c m ugob masc1 c m uthe point of a knife barr scinethe point of a pen bior pinnthe point of a pencil barr peann luaidhethe point of a sword rinn claímha star with five points réalta a bhfuil cúig rinn uirthi 10 noun small area of light/colourpoint of light léas beag solais, drithlín solaispoint of colour breacadh datha 11 noun GAMES, SPOR score in gamespointe masc4 c m uthe black is worth seven points is fiú seacht bpointe an dubhAustralia lost by two points chaill an Astráil le dhá phointethe Irish team are on nine points tá naoi bpointe ag foireann na hÉireann 12 noun HURL-CAM in Gaelic gamescúilín masc4 c m upointe masc4 c m ushe scored a goal and four points fuair sí cúl agus ceithre chúilínDonegal won by two points bhain Tír Chonaill le dhá phointe 13 noun STAT, POL unit, percentpointe masc4 c m uit went up two points tháinig méadú dhá phointe air, mhéadaigh sé dhá phointe 14 noun MATH decimal pointpointe masc4 c m uponc masc1 c m ufour point two a ceathair pointe a dó, a ceathair ponc a dó 15 noun PUBL font sizepointe masc4 c m ufont size of twelve points clómhéid dhá phointe dhéag 16 noun GEOG pointed part of landceann tíre c m urinn fem2 c m ugob masc1 c m uCarnsore Point Ceann an Chairn 17 noun (also compass point) GEOG on compassaird fem2 c m urinn fem2 c m uthe eight points of the compass ocht n-airde an chompáisfrom all points as gach aird, as na ceithre hairde 18 noun ELECTRIC electrical socketpointe masc4 c m ucharge point pointe luchtaithepower point pointe cumhachtaverb
19 verb indicate with finger etc INTRANSITIVEméar a dhíriúméar a shíneadhshe pointed down dhírigh sí a méar síosit's rude to point at a person tá sé drochmhúinte do mhéar a dhíriú ar dhuinewhat'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
TRANSITIVEdon'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 verb of arrow, sign, etc INTRANSITIVEthe compass always points to the north bíonn aghaidh an chompáis ó thuaidh i gcónaí
TRANSITIVEto point the way an bealach a thaispeáint, eolas na slí a thabhairtfollow the signs that point the way to the port lean na comharthaí a thugann eolas an bhealaigh chuig an gcalafort
21 verb indicate way to sbtreoraigh verb c m ucuir verb c m u TRANSITIVEhe pointed me in the direction of the hotel threoraigh sé mé i dtreo an óstáin, chuir sé i dtreo an óstáin mé 22 verb indicate information, course of action etc to sb TRANSITIVEshe'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 uaitto point sb in the right direction figurative duine a chur sa treo ceart, duine a chur ar bhealach a leasa 23 verb to conclusion etc INTRANSITIVEthe evidence points that way sin an chuma atá ar an bhfianaiseeverything here points towards murder tá gach cosúlacht ar an scéal gur dúnmharú é seo
TRANSITIVEit pointed the way towards the answers we needed rinne sé eolas dúinn ó thaobh teacht ar na freagraí a bhí uainn
24 verb gun, camera, etc TRANSITIVEshe pointed her gun at the rabbit dhírigh sí a gunna ar an gcoinínhe pointed the car towards Dublin thug sé aghaidh an chairr ar Bhaile Átha Cliath 25 verb (of object) aim, face etc in particular direction INTRANSITIVEthe car is pointing in the wrong direction tá an carr iompaithe sa treo contráiltetheir guns were pointing at me bhí a ngunnaí dírithe ormsa 26 verb extend toes TRANSITIVEto point your toes do ladhracha a dhíriú 27 verb COMP place cursor INTRANSITIVEpointeáil verb c m upoint at the word and click pointeáil ar an bhfocal agus cliceáil TRANSITIVEpointeáil verb c m upoint the mouse over the icon pointeáil an luch thar an deilbhín 28 verb COMP act as link to document, website etc INTRANSITIVEthat should point to the home page ba cheart go ndéanfadh sé sin nasc leis an leathanach baile 29 verb COMP create/use link to document, website etc TRANSITIVEpoint the browser at the company website pointeáil an brabhsálaí ar láithreán gréasáin an chomhlachta 30 verb CONSTR mortar TRANSITIVEpointeáil verb c m u 31 verb FOOT, HURL-CAM score INTRANSITIVEcúilín a aimsiúpointe a aimsiúcúilín a fháilpointe a fháilshe pointed from midfield d'aimsigh sí cúilín ó lár na páirce, fuair sí pointe ó lár na páirce
TRANSITIVEcúilín a aimsiú ópointe a aimsiú ócúilín a fháil ópointe a fháil óhe pointed a sideline cut d'aimsigh sé cúilín ó phoc taobhlíne
at all points
an t-am ar fad c m uar feadh an achairi rith an ama c m uthe 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 deireadhthe work was well done at all points obair mhaith a bhí ann ó thús deireadh at one point
ag tráth amháinuair amháin c m uag am amháinthey nearly died at one point is beag nár cailleadh iad ag tráth amháinat 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 c m uuair éiginat some point in the future am éigin amach anseo the finer points
na mionsonraíto sort out the finer points na mionsonraí a réiteachto discuss the finer points of Irish politics polaitíocht na hÉireann a phlé go mion to get to the point
(also 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 I take your point
) I see your point tuigim do phointe, feicim an rud atá tú a ráI take your point about advertising glacaim le do phointe faoi fhógraíocht, tá mé leat faoi fhógraíocht to make a point
(also to make your point
, to prove a point
) I'm doing it to make a point tá mé á dhéanamh le seasamh a thógáilyou'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 rudI 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 éI 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 aiciyou'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 bithwe're getting off the point táimid ag imeacht ón ábhar on points
ar bhonn pointíTaylor won on points bhuaigh Taylor ar bhonn pointí to be on the point of doing sth
bheith ar tí rud a dhéanamhI was on the point of leaving bhí mé ar tí imeacht, bhí mé ar bhéala imeacht, bhí mé réidh le himeachtto 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 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 maiththis is where Ireland scores points over other countries seo an áit a bhfuil Éire chun cinn ar thíortha eile 2 pejorative gain small victoriespointí a scóráilthey'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 c m uthis distinction is to the point baineann an dealú seo le hábharkeep 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 c m uyou 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