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em·pha·size (em′fə sīz′)

transitive verb emphasized -·sized′, emphasizing -·siz′·ing

to give emphasis to; give special force or prominence to; stress

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emphasize Synonyms

emphasize

v.

stress, accentuate, underline, underscore, highlight, feature, spotlight, dramatize, pronounce, enunciate, articulate, accent, point up, point out, bring out, punctuate, play up, speak up, call attention to, reiterate, repeat, insist, maintain, impress, affirm, enlarge, indicate, italicize, lay stress on, make clear, labor the point, belabor, rub in*, pound into one's head*, drum into one's head*, make much of, make a fuss about*.


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emphasize Usage Examples

Object

  • uniqueness: Such detail emphasizes the uniqueness of Jesus ' teaching.

Preposition: that

  • model: I would emphasize that the book model the market more from an empirical point of view.

Modifying Another Word

  • rightly: Bruce McCormack rightly emphasizes that the dialectical Paulinism of Barth's Romans commentary remained key to his theology.

Used with why or when

  • what: What I chose to do was to emphasize what the processes were.

Present participle complement

  • find: Lose the opportunity lot like choosing emphasize jointly finding.

Preposition: in

  • way: Loyalty to the village seems, indeed, to have been emphasized in many ways peculiar to Adun alone.
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