Definitions for emphasize
ˈɛm fəˌsaɪzem·pha·size

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

   to stress, single out as important

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

2. underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasiseverb

   give extra weight to (a communication)

   "Her gesture emphasized her words"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. emphasizeverb

   To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

   His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.

2. Etymology: from – see emphasis.

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1. emphasize

   To emphasize means to give special importance, value, or prominence to something, often through methods such as repetition, stress in speech, or added detail. It can also refer to making a point or idea more noticeable or easy to understand.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Emphasizeverb

   to utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase

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1. Emphasize

   Emphasize vs. Emphasise -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Emphasize and Emphasise.

2. Emphasize

   Emphasise vs. Emphasize -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Emphasise and Emphasize.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'emphasize' in Verbs Frequency: #726

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce emphasize?

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 emphasize in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of emphasize in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of emphasize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of emphasize in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Schwartz:

   It's important to emphasize: This particular outbreak of CRE is not a threat to the health of the public in Los Angeles County.

2. New York:

   Their bright, resonant sopranos blend impeccably; Davie's Violet tackles the top notes with a delicacy and ardor that emphasize fragility and fear, while Padgett gives Daisy pluck and wit.

3. Preeti Malani:

   A lot of transmission during the Omicron and BA.2 era has been household contact, where the entire family or your household unit gets infected. But really, what I see -- and I emphasize this over and over -- is that it is social gatherings that are unmasked.

4. Charles Blanke:

   Doctors need to emphasize they will not abandon the patient with end-stage disease, and that there are ways to help that are not ‘active treatment,’.

5. Rudy Tanzi:

   It is important to emphasize that the study mainly shows modest but significant improvement in short-term memory, but does not show clear effects on long-term memory since the test was based on word recall only a minute or so after learning the words, cognitive experts would say what you recall from an hour ago is long-term memory.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=emphasize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Emphasize
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emphasize
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=emphasize