- attention
- insistence
- intensity
- priority
- significance
- strength
- stress
- weight
- accent
- accentuation
- force
- headline
- highlight
- impressiveness
- moment
- positiveness
- power
- preeminence
- decidedness
- underlining
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How to use emphasis in a sentence
It was difficult to describe—a little sterner, a little wilder, a faint emphasis of the barbaric peering through it.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
There are four general forms of emphasis which serve as indications of the characteristics of expression.
EXPRESSIVE VOICE CULTUREJESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICK
It is that from which the former, by the addition of a prefix, which gives emphasis to the meaning, is derived.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAM
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO EMPHASIS
- accentuation
- articulation
- beat
- cadence
- emphasis
- enunciation
- force
- inflection
- intonation
- meter
- modulation
- pronunciation
- rhythm
- stroke
- timbre
- tonality
- tone
- accent
- diction
- elocution
- emphasis
- enunciation
- inflection
- intonation
- modulation
- pronunciation
- speech
- utterance
- aggrandizement
- amplification
- baloney
- boasting
- caricature
- coloring
- crock
- elaboration
- embroidery
- emphasis
- enlargement
- exaltation
- excess
- extravagance
- fabrication
- falsehood
- fancy
- fantasy
- figure of speech
- fish story
- flight of fancy
- hogwash
- hyperbole
- inflation
- jazz
- line
- magnification
- misjudgment
- misrepresentation
- overemphasis
- overestimation
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- rant
- romance
- stretch
- tall story
- untruth
- whopper
- yarn
- announcement
- argument
- articulation
- assertion
- asseveration
- choice of words
- commentary
- communication
- declaration
- definition
- delivery
- diction
- elucidation
- emphasis
- enunciation
- execution
- explanation
- exposition
- formulation
- idiom
- interpretation
- intonation
- issue
- language
- locution
- mention
- narration
- phrase
- phraseology
- phrasing
- pronouncement
- remark
- rendition
- set phrase
- speaking
- speech
- statement
- style
- term
- turn of phrase
- utterance
- vent
- voice
- voicing
- word
- writ
- airs
- aspects
- casts
- characters
- contortions
- countenances
- faces
- grimaces
- grins
- looks
- miens
- mugs
- pouts
- simpers
- smiles
- smirks
- sneers
- visages
- ability
- authority
- bite
- capability
- coercion
- cogency
- competence
- determination
- dominance
- drive
- duress
- effect
- effectiveness
- efficacy
- emphasis
- fierceness
- forcefulness
- gumption
- guts
- impressiveness
- influence
- intensity
- intestinal fortitude
- obligation
- persistence
- persuasiveness
- point
- pressure
- puissance
- punch
- push
- requirement
- sapience
- stress
- validity
- validness
- vehemence
- vigor
- willpower
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Определения слова emphasis
- выразительность, подъём, эмфаза; ударение; подчёркивание
- эмфаза, акцент, ударение.
- en (лингв.)
- выделительный шрифт; выделение.
- en (полигр.)
Синонимы к слову emphasis
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- accent
- highlighting
- importance
- prominence
- stress
- weight
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emphasis, accentnoun
special importance or significance
«the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis»; «the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents»
Synonyms:
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vehemence, emphasisnoun
intensity or forcefulness of expression
«the vehemence of his denial»; «his emphasis on civil rights»
Synonyms:
fury, stress, wildness, accent, violence, vehemence, furiousness, ferocity, fierceness -
emphasisnoun
special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
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stress, emphasis, accentnoun
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
«he put the stress on the wrong syllable»
Synonyms:
tenseness, speech pattern, vehemence, stress, dialect, accent mark, accent, tension, strain, focus, idiom
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- Importance
- Prosody
- Rhetorical Device
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List of paraphrases for «emphasis»:
focus, accent, attention, importance, insistence, stress, priority, weight, significance, focusing
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How to use emphasis in a sentence?
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Michael Enright:
He didn’t just throw me under the bus; he threw the Kurds under the bus. They would never hurt a Westerner, i have no interest in turning my story into a movie. I am not writing a script. This is not about me. The emphasis should be this evil scourge called ISIS.
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Walter Willett:
If someone replaces eggs with doughnuts, other refined starches and sugar or saturated fats, I’d rather they eat eggs, but for someone who really wants to be in optimal health. putting the emphasis on plant-based protein sources like steel-cut oatmeal and nuts would be a better way to go.
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Phillip Futures:
Although it would seem that heavier emphasis has been placed on both China and the U.S., Eurozone’s demand remains important as well. Provided Eurozone Q2 GDP remains strong, we could be seeing some support to oil prices.
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Aori Nishimura:
In terms of girl skaters, we have had a lot more competing internationally since it was announced to be an Olympic sport, in Japan, they put a lot of emphasis on the Olympics.
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James Brown:
The economy is changing with an emphasis on technology skills across all sectors. The emphasis now is that not all STEM jobs require four-year degrees. When I was growing up, you had what were called ‘blue collar jobs,’ now you have technicians who need to be highly skilled in tech. You need people who can repair MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machines, or work on electric cars, you now need technicians who need to have really hard STEM skills. That’s a skill set that will be growing over the next five years, it will be more in demand, and giving students the foundation for those kinds of careers starts in school.
Translations for emphasis
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- تركيزArabic
- баҫымBashkir
- акцент, ударение, подчертаванеBulgarian
- èmfasiCatalan, Valencian
- důrazCzech
- Nachdruck, Gewichtung, Emphase, BetonungGerman
- έμφασηGreek
- énfasisSpanish
- paino, painotus, painottaaFinnish
- accent, emphaseFrench
- cudromScottish Gaelic
- hangsúly, nyomatékHungarian
- enfasiItalian
- 強勢, 注目, 強調, 重点Japanese
- Akzent, BetounungLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- benadrukking, nadruk, beklemtoning, klemtoonDutch
- vektleggingNorwegian
- ênfasePortuguese
- акцент, особое внимание, ударение, подчёркиваниеRussian
- வலியுறுத்தல்Tamil
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Pronunciation:
[ ˈɛmfəsˌɪs], [ ˈɛmfəsˌɪs], [ ˈɛ_m_f_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]
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Table of Contents
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adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- moment,
- stress,
- particularly,
- bias,
- turn,
- emphasize.
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n.
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•
- important.
• communication (noun)
- emphasis.
• delivery (noun)
- de-livery,
- de-liveries,
- de livery,
- de liveries.
• emphasis (noun)
- vehemence.
• exaggeration (noun)
- tall story,
- romance,
- exaltation,
- overemphasis,
- Hyperbolism,
- hogwash,
- elaboration,
- tall talk,
- overemphasises,
- extravagance,
- overestimation.
• expression (noun)
- ex-planations,
- ex planation,
- ex-position,
- re mark,
- re marks,
- ex-positions,
- re-marks,
- set phrases,
- turn phrase,
- choice words,
- ex planations,
- choice of word.
• force (noun)
- de-termination,
- impressivenesses,
- de-terminations,
- de termination,
- validnesses,
- de terminations.
• import (noun)
- in tent,
- de-sign,
- in tents,
- sub stances,
- sub-stance,
- sub stance,
- sub-stances,
- weightinesses,
- in-tents,
- de signs,
- de-signs,
- de sign.
• importance (noun)
- depth,
- significance,
- magnitude,
- precedence,
- sanctity,
- priority,
- substance,
- profundity,
- extent,
- place,
- dimension,
- status,
- elevation,
- urgency,
- proportion,
- meaning,
- eminence.
• importance, prominence (noun)
- highlight,
- strength,
- positiveness,
- underscoring,
- attention,
- underlining,
- decidedness,
- headline,
- preeminence,
- power.
• inflection (noun)
- tone of voice,
- intonation.
• insistence (noun)
- insistency,
- importunity,
- Importunities.
• insistency (noun)
- pressings.
• intensity (noun)
- in tensity,
- in tensenesses,
- in-tenseness,
- in-tensities,
- in-tensity,
- in-tensenesses,
- intensenesses,
- tensenesses,
- wildnesses,
- in tenseness,
- in tensities,
- high pitches.
• iteration (noun)
- re petition,
- re-petition,
- re petitions,
- mono tony,
- re-petitions,
- mono-tony.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- exaggeration,
- Forcibleness,
- validness,
- fervency,
- efficacies,
- Re-mark,
- choice of words,
- accent,
- idioms,
- wildness,
- phrasing,
- set phrase,
- formulations,
- severity,
- weight,
- turn of phrase,
- ferocities,
- requirement,
- insistence,
- delivery,
- requirements,
- high pitch,
- monotony,
- efficacy,
- vocalization,
- inflection,
- slant,
- persistence,
- forcefulness,
- intents,
- persistency,
- force,
- Vehemency,
- impressiveness,
- Intenseness,
- speakings,
- import,
- iteration,
- weightiness,
- ferocity,
- choice word,
- tenseness,
- tone,
- intensity,
- formulation.
• slant (noun)
- pre-disposition,
- pre disposition,
- out look,
- out-looks,
- pre dispositions,
- out-look,
- one sidedness,
- pre possessions,
- pre-possessions,
- out looks,
- point view.
• tall talk (noun)
- tall-talk,
- over statements,
- over statement,
- over-statements,
- over-statement.
• tonality (noun)
- tone color.
• tone (noun)
- re-sonances,
- re-sonance,
- re sonances,
- re sonance.
• verbalization (noun)
- verbalization.
• weight (noun)
- forciblenesses.
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v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)
- essentially,
- consequence.
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Other synonyms:
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- importance,
- accentuation.
• emphasis
- hyperbole.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- high rank,
- Dochmiac,
- expression,
- Molossus,
- potency,
- authority,
- idiom,
- modulation,
- timbre,
- paramountcy,
- interest,
- tonality,
- dogmatism,
- ictus,
- vigorousness,
- prominence,
- rhythmic pattern,
- excellence,
- tone colour,
- tension,
- Dimeter,
- iambic,
- caesura,
- colour,
- concernment,
- catalexis,
- richness,
- paralipsis,
- metrical foot,
- Bacchius,
- Proceleusmatic,
- Cretic,
- Trimeter,
- swing,
- Epitrite,
- sonorousness,
- figure of speech,
- intensiveness,
- numbers,
- resonance,
- quantity,
- Emphases,
- worth,
- jingle,
- consideration,
- prosody,
- syzygy,
- Amphimacer,
- superiority,
- pre-eminence,
- note,
- trochee,
- spondee,
- pressure,
- foot,
- Antispast,
- tetrameter,
- Tripody,
- hexameter,
- Dipody,
- thesis,
- lilt,
- tone quality,
- supremacy,
- elegiac couplet,
- metrical unit,
- iamb,
- colon,
- materiality,
- fullness,
- predominance,
- dactylic hexameter,
- diaeresis,
- primacy,
- sonority,
- metrics,
- stress accent,
- ex-cathedra,
- Tetrapody,
- gravity,
- metron,
- speech pattern,
- heroic couplet,
- furiousness,
- concern,
- accent mark,
- fierceness,
- certainty,
- elegiac,
- anapest,
- violence,
- ionic,
- focus,
- aggressiveness,
- movement,
- iambic pentameter,
- pentameter,
- secondary stress,
- energy,
- mark,
- Arsis,
- sound,
- chloriamb,
- meter,
- speech,
- greatness,
- cadence,
- value,
- Pentapody,
- pyrrhic,
- Anacrusis,
- assertiveness,
- period,
- pitch,
- intonation pattern,
- rhythm,
- counterpoint,
- self-importance,
- Significancy,
- heptameter,
- beat,
- grandness,
- merit,
- dactyl,
- influence,
- metaphor,
- rage,
- strain,
- colouring,
- sprung rhythm,
- pronunciation,
- fury,
- empathy,
- consequentiality,
- measure,
- Paeon,
- Dogmatics,
- malapropism,
- dialect,
- Tribrach,
- simile,
- primary stress,
- amphibrach,
- Mora,
- pitch accent.
How to use «Emphasis» in context?
When you emphasize something, you emphasize it more than normal. This can be done with words, sounds, or even gestures. For example, you might say «Don’t emphasize the pun,» to mean that you don’t want to make a joke out of it.
You can also emphasize something by making it more noticeable. For example, you might wear a bright orange shirt so that it stands out from the other items in your wardrobe. This will make the orange item more noticeable and therefore more important in your overall appearance.
When you emphasize something, it can make a message more clear or powerful.
Paraphrases for Emphasis:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
focus.
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Noun, singular or mass
focus, Focuses, Foci.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
focus.
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Proper noun, singular
focus.
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Noun, singular or mass
overemphasis.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
goes, takes, urges, traits, characteristics.
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Noun, singular or mass
commitment, consideration, precedence, highlights.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Coordinating conjunction
focus.
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Proper noun, singular
accent, emphasize, importance, significance, stresses.
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Noun, singular or mass
accent, assertion, attentiveness, emphasise, emphasize, focussing, highlighting, importance, insistence, orientation, preference, preponderance, pressure, refocusing, significance, stress, thrust, tightening, weighting, emphasising.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
emphasise, focus, stress.
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Verb, base form
emphasise, emphasize, focus, stress.
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Coordinating conjunction
Homophones for Emphasis:
- emboss, emphasise, eumops, envious, embassy, envisage, emphasize.
Hyponym for Emphasis:
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n.
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communication
rhetorical device.
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state
importance, grandness.
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communication