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emphasis
noun [C or U] /ˈem.fə.sɪs/ (plural emphases)Definition
B2 the particular importance or attention that you give to something: I think we should put as much emphasis on preventing disease as we do on curing it. Schools here put/place/lay great emphasis on written work and grammar.Phonology and phoneticsStressing and emphasizing › the extra force that you give to a word or part of a word when you are saying it: The emphasis is on the final syllable. Where do you put the emphasis in the word 'controversy'?Stressing and emphasizing
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SMART Thesaurus: Stressing & emphasizing
Synonyms and related words:
- accent noun (EMPHASIS)
- accent verb
- accentuate verb
- drive/hammer sth home idiom
- emphasize verb
- exactly adverb
- foreground verb
- hammer sth home idiom
- impress sth on/upon sb phrasal verb
- insistence noun
- place verb (POSITION)
- point sth up phrasal verb
- put a gloss on sth idiom
- ram sth home idiom
- spotlight verb
- stress noun (EMPHASIS)
- stress verb (EMPHASIZE)
- underline verb
- underscore verb
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