emphasis
/ˈɛmfəsɪs/
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important; Special attention or prominence given to something; Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type
- plural
- emphases
Meanings
- 1
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important
This point deserves special emphasis.
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He put special emphasis on the problem.
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- 2
Special attention or prominence given to something
- 3
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type
- 4
The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonantsrare
- 5
The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight textrare