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de-emphasize
de-em·pha·size D0085200 (dē-ĕm′fə-sīz′)tr.v. de-em·pha·sized, de-em·pha·siz·ing, de-em·pha·siz·es To decrease the emphasis on; minimize the importance of.
de-em′pha·sis n.de-emphasize (diːˈɛmfəˌsaɪz) or de-emphasisevb (tr) to remove emphasis fromde-em•pha•size (diˈɛm fəˌsaɪz)
v.t. -sized, -siz•ing. to place less emphasis upon; reduce the importance of: to de-emphasize sports. [1935–40] de-em′pha•sis (-sɪs) n. de-emphasize
Past participle: de-emphasized
Gerund: de-emphasizing
| Imperative |
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| de-emphasize | | de-emphasize |
| Present |
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| I de-emphasize | | you de-emphasize | | he/she/it de-emphasizes | | we de-emphasize | | you de-emphasize | | they de-emphasize |
| Preterite |
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| I de-emphasized | | you de-emphasized | | he/she/it de-emphasized | | we de-emphasized | | you de-emphasized | | they de-emphasized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am de-emphasizing | | you are de-emphasizing | | he/she/it is de-emphasizing | | we are de-emphasizing | | you are de-emphasizing | | they are de-emphasizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have de-emphasized | | you have de-emphasized | | he/she/it has de-emphasized | | we have de-emphasized | | you have de-emphasized | | they have de-emphasized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was de-emphasizing | | you were de-emphasizing | | he/she/it was de-emphasizing | | we were de-emphasizing | | you were de-emphasizing | | they were de-emphasizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had de-emphasized | | you had de-emphasized | | he/she/it had de-emphasized | | we had de-emphasized | | you had de-emphasized | | they had de-emphasized |
| Future |
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| I will de-emphasize | | you will de-emphasize | | he/she/it will de-emphasize | | we will de-emphasize | | you will de-emphasize | | they will de-emphasize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have de-emphasized | | you will have de-emphasized | | he/she/it will have de-emphasized | | we will have de-emphasized | | you will have de-emphasized | | they will have de-emphasized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be de-emphasizing | | you will be de-emphasizing | | he/she/it will be de-emphasizing | | we will be de-emphasizing | | you will be de-emphasizing | | they will be de-emphasizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been de-emphasizing | | you have been de-emphasizing | | he/she/it has been de-emphasizing | | we have been de-emphasizing | | you have been de-emphasizing | | they have been de-emphasizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been de-emphasizing | | you will have been de-emphasizing | | he/she/it will have been de-emphasizing | | we will have been de-emphasizing | | you will have been de-emphasizing | | they will have been de-emphasizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been de-emphasizing | | you had been de-emphasizing | | he/she/it had been de-emphasizing | | we had been de-emphasizing | | you had been de-emphasizing | | they had been de-emphasizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would de-emphasize | | you would de-emphasize | | he/she/it would de-emphasize | | we would de-emphasize | | you would de-emphasize | | they would de-emphasize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have de-emphasized | | you would have de-emphasized | | he/she/it would have de-emphasized | | we would have de-emphasized | | you would have de-emphasized | | they would have de-emphasized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | de-emphasize - reduce the emphasisde-emphasise, destressalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"reduce - destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it |
de-emphasizeverbTo make less emphatic or obvious:play down, tone down.Informal: soft-pedal.de-emphasize
Synonyms for de-emphasizeverb to make less emphatic or obviousSynonyms- play down
- tone down
- soft-pedal
Synonyms for de-emphasizeverb reduce the emphasisSynonymsRelated Words |