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emphasize, emphasise [ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz] vb
(tr) to give emphasis or prominence to; stress ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 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 ... [+ syllable] → accentuer; [+ word, point] → insister sur 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 … emphasize [ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz] vt (word, fact, point, feature) → sottolineare; (subj, garment) → mettere in evidenza I must emphasize that ... → devo sottolineare il fatto che... emphasize [ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz] vt (word, fact, point, feature) → sottolineare; (subj, garment) → mettere in evidenza I must emphasize that ... → devo sottolineare il fatto che... How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This distinction should be kept in mind, but in what follows it will not be to our purpose to emphasize it. She threw out her hands to emphasize her words and Raoul turned pale, not only because of the words which he had heard, but because he had caught sight of a plain gold ring on Christine's finger. Anne started off irreproachable, arrayed in the stiff black- and-white sateen, which, while decent as regards length and certainly not open to the charge of skimpiness, contrived to emphasize every corner and angle of her thin figure. |
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