MAKE A POINT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does make a point mean? 

• MAKE A POINT (verb)
  The verb MAKE A POINT has 1 sense:

1. make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally

  Familiarity information: MAKE A POINT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKE A POINT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

make a point; make sure

Hypernyms (to "make a point" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

Make a point of having young people at the house.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Bertram, said Henry Crawford, I shall make a point of coming to Mansfield to hear you preach your first sermon.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“What did William mean by it? He should make a point of inquiring into the matter.”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

He assured her, that as to dancing, he was perfectly indifferent to it; that his chief object was by delicate attentions to recommend himself to her and that he should therefore make a point of remaining close to her the whole evening.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I always make a point of reading Jane's letters through to myself first, before I read them aloud to my mother, you know, for fear of there being any thing in them to distress her.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Now, I make a point of never having any prejudices, and of following docilely wherever fact may lead me, and so, in the very first stage of the investigation, I found myself looking a little askance at the part which had been played by Mr. Alec Cunningham.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She would make a point of that.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Her sensations were indefinable, and so were they a few minutes afterwards upon hearing Henry Crawford, who had a chair between herself and Tom, ask the latter in an undervoice whether there were any plans for resuming the play after the present happy interruption (with a courteous glance at Sir Thomas), because, in that case, he should make a point of returning to Mansfield at any time required by the party: he was going away immediately, being to meet his uncle at Bath without delay; but if there were any prospect of a renewal of Lovers' Vows, he should hold himself positively engaged, he should break through every other claim, he should absolutely condition with his uncle for attending them whenever he might be wanted.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"I'd like to know who he is and what he does," insisted Tom. "And I think I'll make a point of finding out."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)