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emphasis
[ em-fuh-sis ]
noun
- special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything:
The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
- something that is given great stress or importance:
Morality was the emphasis of his speech.
- Rhetoric.
- special and significant stress of voice laid on particular words or syllables.
- stress laid on particular words, by means of position, repetition, or other indication.
- intensity or force of expression, action, etc.:
Determination lent emphasis to his proposals.
- prominence, as of form or outline:
The background detracts from the emphasis of the figure.
- Electronics. preemphasis.
emphasis
/ ˈɛəɪ /
noun
- special importance or significance
- an object, idea, etc, that is given special importance or significance
- stress made to fall on a particular syllable, word, or phrase in speaking
- force or intensity of expression
he spoke with special emphasis on the subject of civil rights
- sharpness or clarity of form or outline
the sunlight gave emphasis to the shape of the mountain
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·p· noun plural misemphases
- ·p· noun plural reemphases
- p·p· noun plural superemphases
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of emphasis1
Example Sentences
So that’s been a big point of emphasis for us and just leaving them alone and focus on myself.”
But even with the festival’s emphasis on new work, its selection of revivals is an important part of the program.
That shift tends to mean more emphasis on treatment and less on harm reduction, Snakeoil said.
In January, he said: "We are placing an emphasis in 2025-26 on fixing streets, improving pavements, a focus on walking to and from school."
The diplomat cited the administration's emphasis on deportating migrants as well as the targeting of foreign students who had supported pro-Palestinian protests.
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