Meaning of EMPHASIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'emfu`sIz
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- [v] to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet."
- [v] give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
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| | Synonyms: | | accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress |
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| | See Also: | | background, bear down, bring out, downplay, drive home, emphasize, evince, express, play down, point up, press home, ram home, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, set off, show, underline, underscore | |
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| | Definition: | | \Em"pha*size\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emphasized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Emphasizing}.]
To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to
make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
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| | Related Terms: | | accent, accentuate, assert, bear down on, belabor, call attention to, charge, dwell on, feature, give emphasis to, harp on, highlight, italicize, mark, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overstress, pinpoint, place emphasis on, play up, point up, press, punctuate, rub in, spotlight, star, stress, underline, underscore |
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