to emphasize
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3.7
- verb
- /ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz/
- US
:
destacar
- And you know, I also cannot emphasize enough how important sleep is.
- emphasize the importance
- emphasize the need
- tend to emphasize
Or maybe do not power yoga, which emphasizes fat burning and cardio.
- Or maybe do not power yoga, which emphasizes fat burning and cardio.
- And the whole struggle of life is to emphasize the good stuff.
- So the silhouette is definitely going to emphasize an hourglass type of shape.
- No, they're equivalent to each other, but they emphasize different features.
- I, I just, I, I can't emphasize how important that's been for me.
- And I'm just going to add this right here to really emphasize that contour.
- And then the then the third thing I want to emphasize is deep breathing.
- Words tell us what they emphasize in our seeing.
Examples
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I want to emphasize that you're safe.
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Does your library media center have a selection policy that emphasizes intellectual freedom and access to information?
Academic text (2011) -
So now let me first note, let me emphasize a point.
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And then for this look, again, we want to really emphasize this shape.
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Let me just emphasize a few of them for you.
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A founding member of the Royal Society, he emphasized the practical uses of science.
Academic text (2011) -
Some chose to focus on Web 2.0 technologies, while others emphasize library services or user participation.
Academic text (2011) -
Emphasize the facts, not the impression.
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I really do want to emphasize how accessible IoT is.
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I want to emphasize the importance of studying every day for success.
Synonyms
748
3.1
To include something and make it seem important
340
3.3
To emphasize something so it stands out as important
183
3.1
To give extra attention to a point when speaking or writing
76
4.1
To make a feeling, effect or situation stronger
76
3.0
Make a quality or detail easier to notice
71
2.5
To make people notice something or someone
30
4.3
To make something seem more important or serious
29
2.9
To make people notice something important
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6.0
Make a part of something more noticeable
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3.2
To show that something is important in speech or writing
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4.0
To make a person or thing noticed by people
9
4.3
Make something seem more important or impressive than it is
6
4.2
To make something seem more important or noticeable
3
4.7
Make something stand out as important
2
5.8
To make something more noticeable or important
1
3.7
Show that something is very important
Make something seem important or worthy of attention
Antonyms
How Emphatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word emphasize comes from the Greek root phainein, which means 'to show'. So to emphasize something is to 'show' it strongly or make it stand out so people notice it.