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Noun emphasis has 4 senses
- emphasis, accent - special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents"
--1 is a kind of importance, grandness
--1 has particulars: stress, focus
- vehemence, emphasis - intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"
--2 is a kind of intensity, intensiveness
--2 has particulars: overemphasis
- emphasis - special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
--3 is a kind of rhetorical device
--3 has particulars: topicalization
- stress, emphasis, accent - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
--4 is a kind of prosody, inflection
--4 has particulars:
Verb emphasise has 2 senses
- underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
--1 is one way to stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
--2 is one way to express, show, evince
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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