--- title: "How to pronounce \"make a point\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"make a point\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/orB0OwaYclw/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/make-a-point" --- # How to pronounce "make a point" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/mækɪːpɔɪnt/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **ma·kea·point** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "make a point" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "You've worked hard to get to this point, and many of you have relied on your families and friends to help you reach this milestone. Make a point to thank your loved ones for their support. While this celebration is not your official commencement, we want to mark this momentous achievement with you now." - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orB0OwaYclw&t=88s) ### Example 2 > "done any surprising things in walks. Robert Genre doing something designed to make a point, but also designed to get headlines and cut through." And it really has. I mean, it really has. I mean, I I think the last time I looked it was up to something like 12 million views on X. I think it'll be more than that by now. I mean, you know, many of them won't be in the UK. I don't" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 18:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5XCnjOJ79M&t=1102s) ### Example 3 > "is the other side going to respond because as you've heard the Iranians are also saying hang on this was self-defense we were just doing it to make a point also to restore to Terence and I think what they were also trying to do was uh to avoid making causing a large numbers of Civilian casualties" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHggWT2iLdo&t=248s) ### Example 4 > "a distinction between the broadcasters and the newspapers um I think the tone of the newspapers have defin definitely been much worse but again you make you make a point about Corbin facing tough questions about 34 years ago I made a point in the film which still hasn't been addressed why the prime minister is not facing tough questions about our relationship with a country that today stands widely accused of being a funer of terrorism today and we'll see how it" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8s_0yZ4_D0&t=177s) ### Example 5 > "other countries can say, well, we want to retaliate against the US. We want to make a point and uh US flagged or US owned ships are perfect targets for such operations especially since they have to sail through the waters or near countries that are not particularly friendly with the United States." - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 8:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_bFpUwIoUs&t=512s) ### Example 6 > "athletes issue is that um there's a lot of misinformation and US of examples to make a point which not necessarily related to that case okay that's an interesting um uh topic which I'm sure we'll come back to and I thank you for guiding us through it so clearly uh Professor Mayan sudai from hia" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YIKSlgHpeQ&t=441s) ### Example 7 > "using water pistols and shooting at holiday makers tourists in the city to make a point is that the right way to to make positive change well I think that these prodcts are really a great sign no like that" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNPlFZzLes&t=308s) ### Example 8 > "provisional tariffs are getting into place are this is not enough to turn everything around I think it's to to make a point to point out as well uh the German voice which is very well heard in in China because it is a very very big player in China or the both the interactions between both are very very deep and long um it will still take" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 22:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lfdgKR8pVA&t=1336s) ### Example 9 > "in from the beginning who had run any big institutions and I'm exaggerating to make a point there were it's not like you need a CEO but it was complete uh politically oriented academically oriented you know unless you've been there running an operation seeing how it goes seeing how you affect the lives of" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1yrawLd2tE&t=9s) ### Example 10 > "make a point, which is a watch is a very complicated and interesting thing." - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMsQfgV07vU&t=133s) ## Related Words & Synonyms - **Nearby Vocabulary**: [point out](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/point-out), [bring up](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bring-up), [call attention to](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/call-attention-to), [draw attention to](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/draw-attention-to), [single out](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/single-out), [highlight](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/highlight), [make](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/make), [point](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/point) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce "make a point" correctly? 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