Definitions for emphasise
em·pha·sise

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1. underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasiseverb

   give extra weight to (a communication)

   "Her gesture emphasized her words"

2. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuateverb

   to stress, single out as important

   "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

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1. emphasise

   To emphasise means to give special importance or prominence to something in speaking, writing or in any form of expression. It could also refer to laying stress on a particular thing to make it more noticeable or understood.

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1. Emphasise

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Matched Categories

1. • Express
   • Stress

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'emphasise' in Verbs Frequency: #565

How to pronounce emphasise?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say emphasise in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of emphasise in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of emphasise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of emphasise in a Sentence

1. Ahmed Asseri:

   We never conducted any, and I emphasise this, any strike in Yemen since we started the humanitarian pause.

2. Chief Executive Magnus Hall:

   It's important to emphasise that Vattenfall remains committed to all its other activities in Germany, germany will remain the most important market for Vattenfall even after the sale of the lignite business.

3. Janet Yellen:

   We’ll be trying to do that, but I should emphasise it’s not essential that every country be on board.

4. Chancellor Werner Faymann:

   The focus of the support is on humanitarian help, but it is also, and I would like to emphasise this, on supporting border controls where it is necessary.

5. Jeremy Farrar:

   Although Congo Ebola outbreak does not at this time pose a global health threat, I want to emphasise that for the affected families and communities, Congo Ebola outbreak is very much Congo Ebola outbreak, we also need the international community to step up Congo Ebola outbreak financial commitment to ending Congo Ebola outbreak.

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