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emphasize English

Meaning emphasize meaning

What does emphasize mean?
Definitions in simple English

emphasize Verb

— If you emphasize something, you give it particular attention or importance. Emphasize honesty in your sermon. Your sermon emphasizes honesty. He emphasized honesty in his sermon. Honesty was emphasized in his sermon. Today's sermon is emphasizing honesty.

emphasize

— verb (= stress, emphasise) to stress, single out as important Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet — verb (= emphasise) give extra weight to (a communication) Her gesture emphasized her words

Synonyms emphasize synonyms

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emphasize English » English

stress underline accentuate emphasise highlight underscore accent punctuate play up distinguish call attention to strengthen reinforce put emphasis upon foreground exaggerate tune tone stiffen signalize show off set off restate repeat remark reiterate redouble reaffirm put the stress on point up point plug pitch pinpoint pin-point pick up overemphasize observe nail down make sure of lay stress on key italicize intone intensification insist on insist important point heighten foil

Topics emphasize topics

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Language and thought Communication Say Talk about a subject

Emphasize

  • What words refer to the placing of importance on something?
    emphasize stress

Conjugation emphasize conjugation

How do you conjugate emphasize?

emphasize · verb

Examples emphasize examples

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Simple sentences

You should emphasize that fact.
I want to emphasize this point in particular.
It is most important to emphasize that none of these processes are conscious.
I would like to emphasize this.
I can't emphasize it enough.
I want to emphasize the need to get this done on time.
I wanted to emphasize this.

Movie subtitles

Forgive my presumption but I must emphasize the extreme importance of Mrs. Alison having complete quiet sleep.
I'd like to emphasize that we're bowing to him, contrary to our convictions.
Gentlemen, I do not need to emphasize the hazards you're likely to encounter.
Perhaps I should emphasize some of Katherine's wishes.
You know, I wouldn't object to your eating so little. if it didn't emphasize the fact that I ate so much.
And did Congressman Reid suggest. that you tell the story as it actually happened, or did he perhaps suggest that you emphasize elements in it. which would prove favorable to Col. Mitchell?
Again we must emphasize, photographs, but no interviews.
I cannot emphasize this too strongly.
The story's exaggerated just to emphasize the point.
Sir David, I'm again instructed to emphasize that the Fuehrer wishes to avoid further bloodshed.
No, there are still many things, and I cannot emphasize this too strongly, not on top of other things.
Welcome to a new half-hour chat show in which me, viz the man what's talking to you now, and Brooky - to wit my flat mate - and nothing else, I'd like to emphasize that, discuss current affairs issues of burning import.
However, there's one important point I would like to emphasize.
I can't emphasize enough that French is a smiley language.
Except to emphasize the fact that our work tonight will be extremely dangerous.
The nature of your mission is unusual. but I cannot emphasize too strongly how very important.
I'll emphasize that.
Comrade, I was to emphasize that it is most urgent.
Possibly some little services in indefinite future. I emphasize: of pure business nature!
I can't emphasize enough. that French is a smiling' language.
I'd like to emphasize the connection between the overall problems and the ideological attitude of the factory workers.
We have to emphasize mandatory welfare.
I must emphasize that if you want supper parties, officers and delights. you shouldn't be here with me but in other occupation.
I do not need to emphasize the hazards you're likely to encounter.
Miss Shotgraven, I want to emphasize one thing.
Brass, emphasize that third measure. More hatred!
I emphasize honesty demonstrated by us. to the population, population,. with the population, within the population,.
We have to emphasize the Mandatory Welfare Program.
It's a long and complicated mission and I want to emphasize that its success or failure depends only on us.
We are not! I emphasize that.
I should emphasize, however, this earthquake will occur in the eastern seaboard area, not here.
I'm going to once more emphasize the similarities of those things which we see in the.
And I would emphasize that I think our first duty is to recognize that there is not one India but several.

News and current affairs

Mundell did not emphasize financial crises, but presumably labor mobility is more important today than ever.
Planners should take advantage of the country's decentralized nature and emphasize private sector participation in reconstruction.
Other countries would do well not to underestimate Obama's resolve; governments that have relations with Iran should emphasize that the time to make a deal is now.
We feel obliged to emphasize that disputes between governments are not grounds for actions against the civilian population.
In fact, a well-developed conception of democratic citizenship will always emphasize individual rights.
Putin and Xi will do everything to emphasize that.
China's economic rise can contribute to global wellbeing if its leaders emphasize investment in infrastructure, clean energy, public health, and other international priorities.
The communist leadership finds it hard to mention, let alone emphasize, the country's problems.
But, in order to seize global opportunities today, we need to emphasize a new dimension: the ability to create a shared set of values and foster a culture that embraces those beliefs.
The Bush administration is right to emphasize the importance of elections, without which democracy is inconceivable.
It is easy to see why governments should de-emphasize economic growth when it is proving so elusive.
For one, they have to emphasize that this is their own struggle, not just America's.
What we can say is that all of the happiest countries emphasize equality, solidarity, democratic accountability, environmental sustainability, and strong public institutions.
This stunted system springs from Greece's corporatist values, which emphasize social protection, solidarity instead of competition, and discomfort with uncontrolled change.
He will emphasize common strategic interests, highlight mutual economic benefits, generate positive public opinion, and promote further exchanges.
Second, it should emphasize policies beyond aid and trade that have an equal, if not greater, impact on poor countries' development prospects.
She will continue to emphasize close relations with France because there is no alternative; Britain, absent from the euro zone and the Schengen border regime, remains the odd man-in of the EU.
Some commencement speakers focus on the graduates' accomplishments; others emphasize the career-related challenges that lie ahead.
Of course, many women might choose to emphasize family (as would many men).
Textbooks - pink for girls, blue for boys, each with different contents - emphasize the rules prescribed by Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, an eighteenth-century cleric and the founder of Wahhabism.
After three years in which his administration coddled corporate lobbyists, he has finally begun to emphasize the need for the rich to pay more taxes.

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