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Emphasis has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

intensity or forcefulness of expression

"the vehemence of his denial"

"his emphasis on civil rights"

3

special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

"The repeated use of her name in the final paragraph placed a powerful emphasis on her contribution to the project."

4

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

5

Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

"The coach placed special emphasis on defensive discipline during pre-season training."

In plain English: Emphasis is giving extra importance to something by saying it louder, writing it bigger, or talking about it more than usual.

"She placed special emphasis on practicing her piano scales every day."

Usage: Use emphasis to describe giving special importance or force to a specific part of a statement, often by stressing it verbally or highlighting it visually. Avoid using it to mean general attention, as that should be expressed with words like focus or priority.

Example Sentences
"She placed special emphasis on practicing her piano scales every day." noun
"She placed special emphasis on finishing her homework before dinner." noun
"The teacher put strong emphasis on punctuality for the next meeting." noun
"His speech had little emphasis and sounded very boring to everyone." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
importance intensity rhetorical device prosody
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
stress overemphasis topicalization accentuation tonic accent word stress sentence stress

Origin

The word emphasis comes from the Latin emphasis, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek for "significance." It originally referred to something being shown or indicated within a context.

Rhyming Words
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