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emphasis

/ emphasis /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
Type of:
rhetorical device
Kinds of:
topicalization
noun Sense 2
special importance or significance
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
"the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents"
Type of:
importance grandness
Kinds of:
stress focus
Derived:
stress emphasize emphasise punctuate accent
noun Sense 3
intensity or forcefulness of expression
"the vehemence of his denial"
"his emphasis on civil rights"
Type of:
intensity intensiveness
Kinds of:
overemphasis
noun Sense 4
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Type of:
prosody inflection
Kinds of:
accentuation tonic accent pitch accent word stress word accent
Derived:
stress accent accentuate
Semantic Complexity
69%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

rhetorical device topicalization importance grandness stress focus intensity intensiveness overemphasis prosody inflection accentuation