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emphasis

noun
/ˈɛmfəsɪs/

Etymology

From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “to present; to indicate”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”).

  1. derived from ἔμφασις
  2. borrowed from emphasis

Definitions

  1. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

    • He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.

  2. Special attention or prominence given to something.

    • Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
    • Put emphasis on the advantages rather than the drawbacks.
    • The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time.

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

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

    • He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other…

      The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.

    2. The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.

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Derived

deemphasis, de-emphasis, hyperemphasis, misemphasis, my emphasis, overemphasis, preemphasis, reemphasis, superemphasis, underemphasis

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at emphasis. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at emphasis. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at emphasis

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA