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emphasize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress |
| Type of | show, express, evince |
| Has types | point up, press home, ram home, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, set off, topicalize, underline, underscore, background, bear down, bring out, downplay, drive home, emphasise, play down |
| Derivation | emphasis, emphasizing |
Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet.
emphasize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | emphasise, underline, underscore |
| Type of | accentuate, punctuate, accent, emphasise, stress |
| Derivation | emphasizing |
Her gesture emphasized her words.
Examples of emphasize
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Light and dark become broad strokes to emphasize the mood he's trying to create.
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Interestingly, TFA's strategy doesn't emphasize making a career out of teaching.
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Both coasters emphasize a strong story line rather than scream-inducing thrills.
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The game plans of opposing defenses will emphasize containing the elusive Brown.
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Many analysts emphasize his intelligence training and his Soviet-era background.
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Would emphasize civics and consumer education, rather than standardized testing.
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Emphasize how your particular skills have helped an employer solve its problems.
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It takes only a very small amount to emphasize the savory aspects of the flavor.
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One sale will emphasize spring and summer clothing and the next fall and winter.
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- Stress: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
- Underscore: give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
- (emphasized) emphatic: spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"
- (emphasis) vehemence: intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"
- (emphasis) special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
- (emphasis) stress: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
- (Emphasis (telecommunications)) In FM transmission, emphasis is the intentional alteration of the amplitude-vs.-frequency characteristics of the signal to reduce adverse effects of noise in a communication system.
- (Emphasis (typography)) In typography, emphasis is the exaggeration of words in a text with a font in a different style from the rest of the text--to emphasize them.
- (Emphasis! (On Parenthesis)) Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) is an album by the Stanton Moore Trio, released on April 22, 2008. Organist Robert Walter and guitarist Will Bernard, both of whom played with Moore on his previous solo album, III, are featured on the album.
