emphasis
14
3.7
- noun
- /ˈɛm.fə.sɪs/
- Specialized
:
acento
- When she finished, the teacher asked Brandi why she selected those words for emphasis.
- emphasis added
- place great emphasis
- great emphasis
Guess I said it where I put too much emphasis on the D.
- Guess I said it where I put too much emphasis on the D.
- Not much, but when it's made music by pausing or by emphasis.
- And it's also the rhythm of your speaking, the, the gaps you leave and the emphasis you put on words.
- OK, extra emphasis on the wet part.
- They can read speeches other people wrote for them with all of the appropriate dramatics, tone, moments of emphasis.
- And there were some might say it with emphasis, some Harvard academics at the dinner, and they were making the point that the most important thing museums create is knowledge.
Examples
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More attention to American history and a greater emphasis on critical, on civic ritual.
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In the song, the composer uses emphasis on certain notes to create a dramatic effect.
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But he really places an emphasis on clear communication and clear writing.
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A return to an emphasis on the musical is taking hold in music education today.
Academic text (1993) -
Stage Two is strictly an acting workshop, with an emphasis on stage work.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sometimes you pause for emphasis because they need cues.
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In Crane, the emphasis is not on what is lost in modernity, but what is found or what might be.
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In order to find appropriate intonation and emphasis, one must grasp the full sense of a passage.
Academic text (2000) -
Stressed and unstressed syllables are marked according to the degree of sense emphasis transmitted.
Fiction book (2000) -
Dreiser clenched his fist for emphasis and pumped it in the air.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
13
3.5
Extra force on a syllable or musical note to make it stronger
1
3.2
The extra loudness or higher pitch on one syllable of a word
1
6.1
Giving special importance to a part to make it stand out
Emphasis on a syllable shown by a change to a higher or lower voice
Emphasis on one syllable when you say a word with more than one syllable
How Stressed
- Specialized
14
3.7
1
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word emphasis comes from the Greek parts em- 'in' and phainein 'to show'. That's why putting emphasis on a syllable or note is like 'showing' it more by making it louder or higher so people notice it.