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emphasize
em·pha·size E0116500 (ĕm′fə-sīz′)tr.v. em·pha·sized, em·pha·siz·ing, em·pha·siz·es 1. To give emphasis to; stress: She emphasized that the matter was urgent.2. To cause to appear important or deserving of attention: The bank failure emphasized the need for reform.3. To give prominence of sound to (a syllable or word) in pronouncing or in accordance with a metrical pattern.
[From emphasis.]emphasize (ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz) or emphasisevb (tr) to give emphasis or prominence to; stressem•pha•size (ˈɛm fəˌsaɪz)
v.t. -sized, -siz•ing. to give emphasis to. emphasize
Past participle: emphasized
Gerund: emphasizing
| Imperative |
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| emphasize | | emphasize |
| Present |
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| I emphasize | | you emphasize | | he/she/it emphasizes | | we emphasize | | you emphasize | | they emphasize |
| Preterite |
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| I emphasized | | you emphasized | | he/she/it emphasized | | we emphasized | | you emphasized | | they emphasized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am emphasizing | | you are emphasizing | | he/she/it is emphasizing | | we are emphasizing | | you are emphasizing | | they are emphasizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have emphasized | | you have emphasized | | he/she/it has emphasized | | we have emphasized | | you have emphasized | | they have emphasized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was emphasizing | | you were emphasizing | | he/she/it was emphasizing | | we were emphasizing | | you were emphasizing | | they were emphasizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had emphasized | | you had emphasized | | he/she/it had emphasized | | we had emphasized | | you had emphasized | | they had emphasized |
| Future |
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| I will emphasize | | you will emphasize | | he/she/it will emphasize | | we will emphasize | | you will emphasize | | they will emphasize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have emphasized | | you will have emphasized | | he/she/it will have emphasized | | we will have emphasized | | you will have emphasized | | they will have emphasized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be emphasizing | | you will be emphasizing | | he/she/it will be emphasizing | | we will be emphasizing | | you will be emphasizing | | they will be emphasizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been emphasizing | | you have been emphasizing | | he/she/it has been emphasizing | | we have been emphasizing | | you have been emphasizing | | they have been emphasizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been emphasizing | | you will have been emphasizing | | he/she/it will have been emphasizing | | we will have been emphasizing | | you will have been emphasizing | | they will have been emphasizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been emphasizing | | you had been emphasizing | | he/she/it had been emphasizing | | we had been emphasizing | | you had been emphasizing | | they had been emphasizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would emphasize | | you would emphasize | | he/she/it would emphasize | | we would emphasize | | you would emphasize | | they would emphasize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have emphasized | | you would have emphasized | | he/she/it would have emphasized | | we would have emphasized | | you would have emphasized | | they would have emphasized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  emphasize - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"accent, accentuate, stress, emphasise, punctuatebackground, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity"bear down - pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"topicalize - emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"point up - emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"press home, ram home, drive home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words" | | 2. |  emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"emphasise, underline, underscoreaccent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasise - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
emphasizeverb1. highlight, stress, insist, underline, draw attention to, dwell on, underscore, weight, play up, make a point of, foreground, give priority to, press home, give prominence to, prioritize I should emphasize that nothing has been finally decided as yet.
highlight play down, minimize, make light of, gloss over, underplay, soft-pedal (informal), make little of2. stress, accent, accentuate, lay stress on, put the accent on `That's up to you,' I said, emphasizing the 'you'.emphasizeverbTo accord emphasis to:accent, accentuate, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore.Translationsemphasis (ˈemfəsis) noun – plural ˈemphases (-siːz) – 1. stress put on certain words in speaking etc; greater force of voice used in words or parts of words to make them more noticeable. In writing we sometimes underline words to show emphasis. 加重語氣 加重语气2. force; firmness. `I do not intend to go,' he said with emphasis. 強調 强调3. importance given to something. He placed great emphasis on this point. 重要性 重要性ˈemphasize, ˈemphasise verb to lay or put emphasis on. You emphasize the word `too' in the sentence `Are you going too?'; He emphasized the importance of working hard. 強調 强调emˈphatic (-ˈfӕ-) adjective (negative unemphatic) expressed with emphasis; firm and definite. an emphatic denial; He was most emphatic about the importance of arriving on time. 強調的，斷然的 强调的emˈphatically adverb 強調地，斷然地 强调地
to emphasize (not emphasize on) a point. EncyclopediaSeeEmphasisemphasize
Synonyms for emphasizeverb highlightSynonyms- highlight
- stress
- insist
- underline
- draw attention to
- dwell on
- underscore
- weight
- play up
- make a point of
- foreground
- give priority to
- press home
- give prominence to
- prioritize
Antonyms- play down
- minimize
- make light of
- gloss over
- underplay
- soft-pedal
- make little of
verb stressSynonyms- stress
- accent
- accentuate
- lay stress on
- put the accent on
Synonyms for emphasizeverb to accord emphasis toSynonyms- accent
- accentuate
- feature
- highlight
- italicize
- play up
- point up
- stress
- underline
- underscore
Synonyms for emphasizeverb to stress, single out as importantSynonyms- accent
- accentuate
- stress
- emphasise
- punctuate
Related Words- background
- play down
- downplay
- set off
- bring out
- re-emphasise
- re-emphasize
- bear down
- evince
- express
- show
- topicalize
- point up
- press home
- ram home
- drive home
- emphasise
- underline
- underscore
- emphasize
verb give extra weight to (a communication)Synonyms- emphasise
- underline
- underscore
Related Words- accent
- accentuate
- emphasize
- stress
- punctuate
- emphasise
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