Synonyms

stress emphasize accent emphasise punctuate

Examples

: "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet."

Used in print

It is accentuated by the need for pre selling goods , and private label competition .

The accelerated pace of metropolitan changes has accentuated the drive to conformity in congregations of the major denominations .

Related terms

express emphasize underscore point_up re-emphasise topicalize bear_down background drive_home emphasis stress emphasizing

Synonyms

emphasize set_off stress accent bring_out

Examples

"This dress accentuates your nice figure!" "I set off these words by brackets"

Used in print

The importance of knowing in what chemical forms the hormone may exist is accentuated by the recent observation that there exists an abnormally long-acting TSH in blood drawn from many thyrotoxic patients ( Adams , 1958 ) .

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deemphasize change stress foreground pick_up raise background

Synonyms

stress accent

Examples

"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

Related terms

pronounce stress dialect accentuation