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emphasize

UK/ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/

emphasize verb: to stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

Verb

emphasize (third-person singular simple present emphasizes, present participle emphasizing, simple past and past participle emphasized)

  1. (transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
    • His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.

emphasize meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

emphasize in Hindi

जोर देना

emphasize in Tamil

வற்புறுத்து, வலியுறுத்து

emphasize in Marathi

जोर देणे

emphasize in Urdu

زور دینا
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emphasize in Bengali
জোর দেওয়া, গুরুত্ব আরোপ করা
emphasize in Telugu
నొక్కిచెప్పండి, నొక్కిచెప్పడానికి, నొక్కి చెప్పటానికి
emphasize in Malayalam
പ്രാധാന്യം കൊടുത്തു പ്രതിപാദിക്കുക, ഉറപ്പിച്ചു പറയുക, ഊന്നി പറയുക
emphasize in Kannada
ಒತ್ತಿಹೇಳು, ಒತ್ತುಕೊಡು, ಒತ್ತುಹಾಕು
emphasize in Punjabi
ਜੋਰ ਦੇਣਾ jor deṇā
emphasize in Tagalog
bigyang-diin
emphasize in Arabic
شَدَّدَ šaddada
emphasize in Persian
تأکید کردن ta'kid kardan
emphasize in Thai
เน้น nén, เน้นย้ำ, ย้ำ yám
emphasize in Vietnamese
nhấn mạnh

Examples of emphasize in a sentence

  • Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.
  • The low neckline of her bodice emphasized her plump, voluptuous figure.
  • Theorists of 18th- and 19th-century revolutions emphasized the importance of rising expectations as a catalyst.

All 40 example sentences with emphasize

Synonyms of emphasize

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of emphasize

Forms of emphasize

third-person singular presentemphasizes
present participleemphasizing
past participleemphasized
pastemphasized
alternative Australia New Zealand South Africa UKemphasise

Past tense of emphasize: emphasized

Origin of emphasize

Latin, from Ancient Greek – see emphasis. By surface analysis, emphasis + -ize.

Words formed from emphasize

Questions about emphasize

What does emphasize mean?
Emphasize means to stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
What is emphasize in Hindi?
Emphasize in Hindi is जोर देना. See Emphasize meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is emphasize?
Emphasize is a verb.
How do you pronounce emphasize?
Emphasize is pronounced /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of emphasize?
The past tense of emphasize is emphasized.

Words near emphasize in the dictionary

  1. emphasisers
  2. emphasises
  3. emphasising
  4. emphasizable
  5. emphasization
  6. emphasize
  7. emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized
  8. emphasized
  9. emphasizer
  10. emphasizers
  11. emphasizes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: emphasize (page history and authors); emphasize (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emphasize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emphasize (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emphasize (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Emphasize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emphasize (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emphasize (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emphasize (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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