emphasize (redirected from emphasises)

em·pha·size  (mf-sz)

tr.v. em·pha·sized, em·pha·siz·ing, em·pha·siz·es

To give emphasis to; stress.

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[From emphasis.]

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emphasize, emphasise [ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz]

vb

(tr) to give emphasis or prominence to; stress

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	emphasize - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" accent, accentuate, stress, emphasise, punctuate background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry" set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity" bear down - pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background" evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" topicalize - emphasize by putting heavy 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'" point up - emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England" press home, ram home, drive home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas" emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
	2.	emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words" emphasise, underline, underscore accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasise - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

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emphasize

verb

1. highlight, stress, insist, underline, draw attention to, dwell on, underscore, weight, play up, make a point of, foreground, give priority to, press home, give prominence to, prioritize I should emphasize that nothing has been finally decided as yet.
highlight play down, minimize, make light of, gloss over, underplay, soft-pedal (informal), make little of

2. stress, accent, accentuate, lay stress on, put the accent on `That's up to you,' I said, emphasizing the 'you'.

Translations

emphasize [ˈemfəsaɪz] VT

1. [+ word, syllable] → enfatizar; [+ fact, point] → hacer hincapié en, enfatizar, subrayar, recalcar
I must emphasize that → debo insistir en que ...

2. (Ling) → acentuar

3. [garment] (= accentuate) → hacer resaltar

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emphasize [ˈɛmfəsaɪz] vt

(= stress) [+ importance] → souligner; [+ need] → faire ressortir; [+ fact] → insister sur, mettre l'accent sur; [+ point] → souligner
to emphasize that ... → souligner que ...
I must emphasize that ... → je tiens à souligner que ...

(= highlight) [+ feature] → souligner, accentuer

[+ syllable] → accentuer; [+ word, point] → insister sur

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emphasize

vt word, syllable, hips → betonen; point, importance, difference, need also → hervorheben; it cannot be too strongly emphasized that … → man kann gar nicht genug betonen, dass …

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emphasize [ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz] vt (word, fact, point, feature) → sottolineare; (subj, garment) → mettere in evidenza
I must emphasize that ... → devo sottolineare il fatto che...

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emphasize [ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz] vt (word, fact, point, feature) → sottolineare; (subj, garment) → mettere in evidenza
I must emphasize that ... → devo sottolineare il fatto che...

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emphasize → يُؤَكِد zdůraznit understrege betonen τονίζω enfatizar korostaa souligner naglasiti enfatizzare 強調する 강조하다 benadrukken understreke uwydatnić enfatizar подчеркивать understryka เน้น vurgulamak nhấn mạnh 强调