emphasis
IPA: ˈɛmfʌsʌs
noun
- 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.
- (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
- (typography) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
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Examples of "emphasis" in Sentences
- The emphasis is in the inflection.
- The emphasis is on microeconomics.
- The emphasis was put on the theme.
- Emphasis would be placed by preeminence.
- Emphasis on holistic design and the ethics.
- The emphasis is in the inflection of the tone.
- For the operations, the emphasis is on the semantics.
- The emphasis is not on the exploitation of computers.
- The admonition is there for the purposes of recapitulation and emphasis.
- It places particular emphasis on rapprochement with the Turkish Cypriots.
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