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| 1. | [ noun ] special importance or significance | |
| Synonyms: | accent | |
| Examples: | "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis" "the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents" |
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| Related terms: | importance stress stress | |
| 2. | [ noun ] intensity or forcefulness of expression | |
| Synonyms: | vehemence | |
| Examples: | : "the vehemence of his denial" "his emphasis on civil rights" |
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| Related terms: | intensity overemphasis | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. | |
| Related terms: | rhetorical_device topicalization | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | |
| Synonyms: | stress accentuation accent | |
| Examples: | "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" |
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| Related terms: | prosody sentence_stress tonic_accent accentuation word_stress stress | |
| Similar spelling: |
emphasise emphasised emphasize emphasized embassy emphasizing embassador |
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