emphasis

em·pha·sis  (mf-ss)

n. pl. em·pha·ses (-sz)

1. Special forcefulness of expression that gives importance to something singled out; stress: a lecture on housekeeping with emphasis on neatness; paused for emphasis, then announced the winner's name.

2. Special attention or effort directed toward something: a small-town newspaper's emphasis on local affairs.

3. Prominence given to a syllable, word, or words, as by raising the voice or printing in italic type.

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[Latin, from Greek, from emphainein, to exhibit, display : en-, in; see en-² + phainein, to show; see bh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: emphasis, accent, stress
These nouns mean special weight placed on something considered important: an education with an emphasis on science; will study music with an accent on jazz; laid heavy stress on law and order.

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emphasis

Noun

pl -ses

1. special importance or significance given to something, such as an object or idea

2. stress on a particular syllable, word, or phrase in speaking [Greek]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	emphasis - special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" accent grandness, importance - a prominent status; "a person of importance" stress, focus - special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
	2.	emphasis - intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights" vehemence intensiveness, intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intense overemphasis - too much emphasis
	3.	emphasis - special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. topicalization - (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English; "`Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization" rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
	4.	emphasis - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" stress, accent prosody, inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language accentuation - the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance pitch accent, tonic accent - emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness word accent, word stress - the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word sentence stress - the distribution of stresses within a sentence

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emphasis

noun 1. importance, attention, weight, significance, stress, strength, priority, moment, intensity, insistence, prominence, underscoring, pre-eminence

2. stress, accent, accentuation, force, weight

Translations

emphasis [pl emphases] [ˈɛmfəsɪs, -siːz] n → énfasis m inv [to lay or place emphasis on sth] (fig) → hacer hincapié en algo;

the emphasis is on sport → se da mayor importancia al deporte

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emphasis [-ases , pl ] [ˈɛmfəsɪs, -siːz] n → accent m;

to lay or place emphasis on sth (fig) → mettre l'accent sur, insister sur;

the emphasis is on reading → la lecture tient une place primordiale, on accorde une importance particulière à la lecture

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emphasis [ˈɛmfəsɪs] [emphases , pl ] n → Betonung f;

(importance) → (Schwer)gewicht nt;

to lay or place emphasis on sth → etw betonen;

the emphasis is on reading → das Schwergewicht liegt auf dem Lesen

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emphasis [pl emphases] [ˈɛmfəsɪs, -siːz] n → enfasi f inv; importanza;

to lay or place emphasis on sth (fig) → mettere in risalto or in evidenza qc;

the emphasis is on sport → si dà molta importanza allo sport