Emphasis

['emfəsɪs] or ['ɛmfəsɪs]

Definition

(noun.) special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g..

(noun.) special importance or significance; 'the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis'; 'the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents'.

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Definition

(n.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.

(n.) A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Stress (on certain words), force of utterance.[2]. Impressiveness, significance, moment, weight.

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Definition

n. stress of the voice on particular words or syllables to make the meaning clear: impressiveness of expression or weight of thought: intensity:—pl. Em′phases (-sēz).—v.t. Em′phasīse to make emphatic.—adjs. Emphat′ic -al uttered with or requiring emphasis: forcible: impressive.—adv. Emphat′ically.—n. Emphat′icalness.

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Examples

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