emphasis
/ˈɛmfəsɪs/
emphasis noun: special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
Noun
emphasis (countable and uncountable, plural emphases)
- Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
- He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
- 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.
- 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.
- The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
- The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
emphasis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
emphasis in Hindi
- emphasis, stress
- बल bal
- emphasis
- दबाव dabāv
emphasis in Tamil
- அழுத்தம், வலுவூட்டம், வற்புறுத்துக் காட்டுடல்
emphasis in Marathi
- emphasis
- भर bhar
emphasis in Urdu
- emphasis
- دباؤ dabāo
More languagesFewer languages
- emphasis in Bengali
- উদ্ব্যক্তি, বলের সহিত উচ্চারণ, স্বরসঙ্ঘাত, জিগির
- emphasis in Telugu
- నొక్కిచెప్పడం
- emphasis in Malayalam
- ഊന്നൽ, തറപ്പിച്ചുപറയൽ
- emphasis in Kannada
- ಅವಧಾರಣೆ, ಒತ್ತು, ಸ್ವರಭಾರ, ಪ್ರಾಧಾನ್ಯ
- emphasis in Punjabi
- ਜੋਰ jor
- emphasis in Gujarati
- ભાર મૂકે છે, ભાર મૂકવો
- emphasis in Odia
- ଜୋର୍ jor
- emphasis in Arabic
- تَرْكِيز tarkīz
- emphasis in Persian
- تأکید ta'kid
Examples of emphasis in a sentence
- A nearby to-infinitive may be a factor for choosing 'in order to', as will emphasis.
- The news article laid emphasis on the unusually young age of the criminals.
- This particular school places great emphasis on the historicity of ideas, practices, or institutions.
Forms of emphasis
| plural | emphases |
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Origin of emphasis
From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “to present; to indicate”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”).
Words formed from emphasis
Questions about emphasis
- What does emphasis mean?
- Emphasis means special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
- What is emphasis in Hindi?
- Emphasis in Hindi is बल (bal), दबाव (dabāv). See Emphasis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emphasis?
- Emphasis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce emphasis?
- Emphasis is pronounced /ˈɛmfəsɪs/.
- What is the plural of emphasis?
- The plural of emphasis is emphases.
Words near emphasis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emphasis (page history and authors); दबाव (Hindi) (page history and authors); emphasis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भर (Marathi) (page history and authors); دباؤ (Urdu) (page history and authors); emphasis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emphasis (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emphasis (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emphasis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emphasis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଜୋର୍ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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