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emphasize Definition

em·pha·size (em′fə sīz′)

transitive verb -·sized′, -·siz′·ing

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

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*.

emphasize Usage Examples

Object

  • uniqueness: Such detail emphasizes the uniqueness of Jesus ' teaching.
  • significance: Traditional approaches to statistics emphasize significance testing much more than interval estimation.
  • similarity: He said his personal mission is " to emphasize the similarity between two peoples who lived in perfect harmony for hundreds of years.
  • continuity: This time honored ritual emphasizes the continuity and majesty of the British monarchy.
  • unity: An Islamic Site at the University of Buffalo emphasizing the unity of the Islamic world across its languages.

Preposition: that

  • cost: It is emphasized that the costs above and model parameters are merely indicative of what a journal might cost.
  • model: I would emphasize that the book model the market more from an empirical point of view.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

such: In order for this to happen, Wolfowitz emphasized ideas such as the need for more responsibility and dismantling trade barriers.

Adjective complement

several: Bush emphasized several is much more of state tax an annual family.

Modifying Another Word

  • repeatedly: We have repeatedly emphasized the value of doing business in the corporate form.
  • strongly: In the Crucible, the idea of conscience in strongly emphasized.
  • rightly: Bruce McCormack rightly emphasizes that the dialectical Paulinism of Barth's Romans commentary remained key to his theology.
  • consistently: Martyn Lloyd-Jones consistently emphasized the significance of Christ's sacrifice for our sake.
  • sufficiently: It cannot be sufficiently emphasized that revolution is in vain unless inspired by its ultimate ideal.
  • jointly: Lose the opportunity lot like choosing emphasize jointly finding.

Used with why or when

  • what: What I chose to do was to emphasize what the processes were.
  • when: This is something I emphasized when we launched it.

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.