mise au pointn.

Brit.

/ˌmiːz əʊ ˈpwã/, U.S.

/ˌmiz oʊ ˈpwɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mise au point.

Etymology: < French mise au point (1851 or earlier) < mise (see mise n.¹) + au to the + point point n.¹, after mettre au point.Not fully naturalized in English.

A clarification or bringing into focus of an obscure subject, problem, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > an explanation, exposition, account

reasonc1300

interpretation1390

gloss1548

esclarishment1549

demonstration1559

resolution1582

elucidary1603

elucidation1667

éclaircissement1673

expositive1687

mise au point1929

1929 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 1 89 Renaudet's little volume is a mise au point of the letters in Allen.

1946 Word 2 113 A general mise au point of the linguistic side of semantic problems is thus overdue.

1949 Archivum Linguisticum 1 126 The Geneva School retorted with an important mise au point.

1971 Archivum Linguisticum 2 64 For a recent mise au point, see P. H. Matthews,..in New Horizons in Linguistics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mise au point
释义	mise au pointn. Brit. /ˌmiːz əʊ ˈpwã/, U.S. /ˌmiz oʊ ˈpwɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mise au point. Etymology: < French mise au point (1851 or earlier) < mise (see mise n.¹) + au to the + point point n.¹, after mettre au point.Not fully naturalized in English. A clarification or bringing into focus of an obscure subject, problem, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > an explanation, exposition, account reasonc1300 interpretation1390 gloss1548 esclarishment1549 demonstration1559 resolution1582 elucidary1603 elucidation1667 éclaircissement1673 expositive1687 mise au point1929 1929 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 1 89 Renaudet's little volume is a mise au point of the letters in Allen. 1946 Word 2 113 A general mise au point of the linguistic side of semantic problems is thus overdue. 1949 Archivum Linguisticum 1 126 The Geneva School retorted with an important mise au point. 1971 Archivum Linguisticum 2 64 For a recent mise au point, see P. H. Matthews,..in New Horizons in Linguistics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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