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I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing.
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Meaning of "to the point" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TO THE POINT

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WHAT DOES TO THE POINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

To the Point

To the Point is an hour-long public affairs radio program co-produced by KCRW in Santa Monica, California and Public Radio International. The program originates at KCRW at 1 pm Pacific Time each weekday. Award-winning journalist Warren Olney hosts the show; it is syndicated nationwide by PRI and currently airs in 15 states and Washington, D.C. by Public Radio International. KCRW also podcasts the program.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO THE POINT

to take your full holiday entitlement
to the bitter end
to the fore
to the full
to the ground
to the hilt
to the left
to the letter
to the life
to the manner born
to the max
to the nth degree
to the prejudice of
to the skies
to the teeth
to the tune of
to the wide
to the wire
to throw off the shackles of sth
to throw the rule book at sb

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO THE POINT

access point
appoint
at knife-point
beside the point
checkpoint
cut-off point
disappoint
focal point
joint
midpoint
pick-up point
pinpoint
point
power point
price point
standpoint
starting point
talking point
try for a point
up to a point
viewpoint

Synonyms and antonyms of to the point in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TO THE POINT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «to the point» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of to the point

Translation of «to the point» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TO THE POINT

Find out the translation of to the point to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of to the point from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «to the point» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

给点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hasta el punto
570 millions of speakers

English

to the point
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बात करने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إلى النقطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

до точки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para o ponto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যথাযথ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

au point
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ke titik itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auf den Punkt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポイントへ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

차례로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo titik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đến điểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அந்த இடம் வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुद्द्याला धरून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diyeceğim şey şu ki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

al punto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

do momentu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

до точки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

până la punctul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στο σημείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tot op die punt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

till den punkt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

til punktet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to the point

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO THE POINT»

The term «to the point» is very widely used and occupies the 9.245 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TO THE POINT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about to the point

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10 QUOTES WITH «TO THE POINT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word to the point.
1
Eric Alterman
The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore.
2
Jonathan Ames
I've always liked police-blotter kind of writing, or the writing of a policeman, right to the point and hardboiled. That's how I see at least the prose elements of scriptwriting.
3
Stuart Appleby
I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself.
4
Rosanna Arquette
Look, it's to the point where kids are getting Botox. It's insane. We're not allowed to age.
5
Joseph Barbera
I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.
6
Beth Broderick
I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.
7
Dan Brown
Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.
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David Byrne
I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing.
9
Leslie Charteris
It should cause no surprise that anyone so lazy as myself should be economical to the point of miserliness with everything he writes.
10
Kresley Cole
Before the final battle in 'Poison Princess,' Evie remembered how to use her Empress powers, practiced with them to the point of exhaustion, then had a trial by fire. In a way, she earned those powers, as she hadn't before, so that was certainly a confidence builder.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO THE POINT»

Discover the use of to the point in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to to the point and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Write to the Point, and Feel Better about Your Writing
Explains how to write simply and directly, describes the basics of organization, and briefly reviews grammar and punctuation
William Stott, 1984
2
EPUB Straight to the Point: Creating ebooks for the Apple ...
This extensively researched guide to creating EPUB files by best-selling author Elizabeth Castro shows you how to prepare EPUB files, make the files look great on the screen, work around EPUB weaknesses, and fix common errors.
Elizabeth Castro, 2010
3
Write to the Point: How to Communicate in Business with ...
This book presents proven techniques developed in Dr. Iacone's seminars that will enable greater ease, proficiency, and clarity in writing.
Salvatore J. Iacone, 2003
4
Clear and to the Point : 8 Psychological Principles for ...
In this book, Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned cognitive neuroscientist, presents eight simple principles for constructing a presentation that takes advantage of the information modern science has discovered about perception, memory, and ...
Stephen M. Kosslyn John Lindsley Professor of Psychology Harvard University, 2007
5
To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing
Provides basic writing guidelines, tips on reducing wordiness, and a dictionary of phrases and their alternatives.
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2014
6
To the Point: The No-holds-barred Autobiography
Herschelle gives us his opinions on his teammates and the best players he has encountered over the years, and describes what it's been like to be part of the Proteas set-up for the past fourteen years, through the controversies of its ...
Herschelle Gibbs, Steve Smith, 2010
7
C# to the Point
A compact tutorial on C#, covering the full range of the language from simple statements and data types to object-oriented and component-based concepts. Supported by an excellent CD-ROM.
Hanspeter Mössenböck, 2004
8
Topology: An Introduction to the Point-set and Algebraic Areas
The text is accessible to students at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level who are conversant with the basics of real analysis or advanced calculus. Problems, with selected solutions. Bibliography. 1975 edition.
Donald W. Kahn, 1995
9
Writing to the Point: A Complete Guide to Selling Fiction
Bestselling writer, editor and renown writing teacher Algis Budrys has distilled 50 years of success into "Writing to the Point."This is the book you need to be a better, and more successful, author.Write better stories.
Algis Budrys, 1994
10
To the Point: Reading and Writing Short Arguments
To the Point helps readers construct arguments by thinking about their own experiences, reading brief, current essays, and doing writing assignments.
Gilbert H. Muller, Harvey S. Wiener, 2008

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