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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•pha•sis /ˈɛmfəsɪs/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses /-ˌsiz/.USA pronunciation - special stress or importance attached to something:[uncountable]That university puts a lot of emphasis on its small classes.
- something given special stress or importance:[countable]The main emphases of his speech were the budget and taxes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•pha•sis (em′fə sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz′).USA pronunciation - special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything:The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
- something that is given great stress or importance:Morality was the emphasis of his speech.
- Rhetoric
- special and significant stress of voice laid on particular words or syllables.
- stress laid on particular words, by means of position, repetition, or other indication.
- intensity or force of expression, action, etc.:Determination lent emphasis to his proposals.
- prominence, as of form or outline:The background detracts from the emphasis of the figure.
- Electronicspreemphasis.
- Greek émphasis indication, equivalent. to em- em-2 + phásis phasis
- Latin
- 1565–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: emphasis /ˈɛmfəsɪs/ n ( pl -ses / -siːz/)- special importance or significance
- an object, idea, etc, that is given special importance or significance
- stress made to fall on a particular syllable, word, or phrase in speaking
- force or intensity of expression
- sharpness or clarity of form or outline
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek: meaning, (in rhetoric) significant stress; see emphatic |