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.

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

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

How to pronounce emphasize?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   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. Alison Johnson:

   As part of this process, we thought a lot about the way that power dynamics can contribute to sexual harassment, we wanted to emphasize that the central characteristic of any relationship between a professor and an undergraduate in the College should be pedagogical.

2. Georgia Cervin:

   When the sport was developed for women, they adapted the men's sport to make it' appropriate' for women, women were expected to do soft, rhythmic, flowing, graceful movements that emphasized beauty and flexibility. This is why they perform to music, and the men don't. Men's floor routines were expected to emphasize strength instead.

3. Randall Stephenson:

   We need to stop qualifying that, if somebody's going to come on the board at ATT, we obviously are going to make sure they're qualified. I don't think we have to [ emphasize ] qualified with Black.

4. Thomas Safran:

   We normally don’t have an opening until the building is full, but we’re doing it here because the VA particularly wanted us to emphasize that things are happening. We are making progress. It takes a while.

5. Alexis McGill-Johnson:

   In the coming days, a 30-day comment period will allow the public to underline the harm the gag rule has wrought and emphasize why it must be ended as swiftly as possible.

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