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topicalize

/ topicalize /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
emphasize by putting have stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence
"Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"
"The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement''"
Type of:
stress emphasize emphasise
Derived:
topicalization
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
linguistics
Semantic Complexity
44%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
4
Times Searched
2
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stress emphasize emphasise