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[ verb ] to stress, single out as important
Synonyms Examples : "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet." Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)While emphasizing that technical details were not fully worked_out , Pelham said his resolution would seek to set_aside the privilege resolution which the House voted through 87 - 31 . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Willie 's wonderful walloping Sunday - four home_runs - served merely to emphasize how happy he is to be playing for Alvin_Dark . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)There is an extraordinary sense of presence in all of these recordings , apparently obtained at_least in part by emphasizing the middle and high_frequencies . (The Providence Journal...)The only performance which was too soft for me was that of Yvette_Mimieux , but since someone had to become the victim of despoilers , just to emphasize that such things do happen at these fracases , I suppose this was the attitude the part called_for . (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)The importance of the inorganic constituents in hard surface cleaning has been emphasized in a number of papers . |
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[ verb ] direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
Synonyms Examples "This dress accentuates your nice figure!" "I set off these words by brackets" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)The many and frequent performances of the Trout serve to emphasize the dual nature of its writing . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)The process of flattening seemed inexorable , and it became necessary to emphasize the surface still further in_order to prevent it from fusing with the illusion . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)When he wanted to emphasize , or get greater intensity , he added or subtracted clay . Related terms deemphasize change stress foreground pick_up raise background |
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[ verb ] give extra weight to (a communication)
Synonyms Examples "Her gesture emphasized her words" Related terms |
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