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[ em -fuh -sahyz ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɛm fəˌsaɪz / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), em·pha·sized, em·pha·siz·ing. to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
Also especially British , em·pha·sise .
Origin of emphasize First recorded in 1820–30; emphas(is) + -ize
SYNONYMS FOR emphasize accent, accentuate, highlight.
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OTHER WORDS FROM emphasize hy·per·em·pha·size, verb (used with object), hy·per·em·pha·sized, hy·per·em·pha·siz·ing. mis·em·pha·size, verb (used with object), mis·em·pha·sized, mis·em·pha·siz·ing. re·em·pha·size, verb (used with object), re·em·pha·sized, re·em·pha·siz·ing. su·per·em·pha·size, verb (used with object), su·per·em·pha·sized, su·per·em·pha·siz·ing.
un·em·pha·sized, adjective un·em·pha·siz·ing, adjective well-em·pha·sized, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for emphasize The pharmaceutical industry and public health officials must emphasize safety first.
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You emphasize how easy it is for anyone to be taken in throughout the series.
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The pictures of Gilkes emphasize , quite rightly and inevitably, his classic good looks.
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And as if to emphasize their accounts, in early afternoon a U.S. airstrike hit a building in the middle of Kobani.
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Not quite saying what academic aptitude is, he is sure Harvard should emphasize it to create a “true meritocracy.”
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The problem, I should emphasize , is not that the Internet is evil.
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To emphasize the exploit, we agreed to take some of the largest apples to the breakfast-table next morning.
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Although schools may be very helpful, don't forget to emphasize again that they are merely helpers.
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It serves to emphasize , however, the paucity of cases among infants in this great land of endemic adult scurvy.
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The few rags that covered them only served to emphasize the emaciation of their bodies and limbs.
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The object was to emphasize by contrast the blessings of peace illustrated in the companion picture.
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British Dictionary definitions for emphasize verb (tr) to give emphasis or prominence to; stress
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