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emphasis::noun | Spocien Dictionary

emphasis
noun
/'ɛmfəsɪs/
special importance or significance
Type Words
Synonyms accent
Type of grandness, importance
Has types stress, focus
Derivation emphasize, emphatic


the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis.

emphasis::noun | Spocien Dictionary

emphasis
noun
/'ɛmfəsɪs/
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
Type Words
Synonyms accent, stress
Type of prosody, inflection
Has types word stress, pitch accent, sentence stress, tonic accent, word accent, accentuation
Derivation emphatic

emphasis::noun | Spocien Dictionary

emphasis
noun
/'ɛmfəsɪs/
intensity or forcefulness of expression
Type Words
Synonyms vehemence
Type of intensity, intensiveness
Has types overemphasis
Derivation emphatic


his emphasis on civil rights.

emphasis::noun | Spocien Dictionary

emphasis
noun
/'ɛmfəsɪs/
special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
Type Words
Type of rhetorical device
Has types topicalization
Derivation emphatic
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