emphasis

Found in thesaurus: importance, grandness, intensity, intensiveness, rhetorical device, prosody, inflection

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emphasis

n. importance that is attached to something; accent or stress that is placed on a word or words

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Emphasis

Emphasis denotes the special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important; the special attention or prominence given to something; the prominence given to a syllable or words.

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Emphasis! (On Parenthesis)

Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) is an album by the Stanton Moore Trio, released on April 22, 2008. Organist Robert Walter and guitarist Will Bernard, both of whom played with Moore on his previous solo album, III, are featured on the album.

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emphasis

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) accent
(hypernym) importance, grandness
(hyponym) stress, focus
(derivation) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
2. intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"
(synonym) vehemence
(hypernym) intensity, intensiveness
(hyponym) overemphasis
3. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
(hypernym) rhetorical device
(hyponym) topicalization
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"
(synonym) stress, accent
(hypernym) prosody, inflection
(hyponym) accentuation

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emphasis

n. přízvuk; zdůraznění; zvýraznění

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emphasis

Rzecz. nacisk; nacisk; emfaza