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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
The firm said in its blog post it had put too much emphasis on "short-term feedback" in the update.
"Most university courses have a huge problem with attendance which I think would be massively helped if there was way more emphasis on making the transport and the buses way better."
It emphasises that only women can be pregnant, for example, and women have specific legal protection during pregnancy.
It will undoubtedly be a point of emphasis as the Lakers hold practice Tuesday ahead of Game 5 on Wednesday.
On immigration, he has appreciated the flurry of new border restrictions and the emphasis on deportations, including sending men to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador.
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