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emphasizer

emphasizer noun: one who, or that which, emphasizes.

Noun

emphasizer (plural emphasizers)

  1. One who, or that which, emphasizes.
    • Counterintuitively, the authors are down on the use of please as an emphasizer: “ ‘Would you please remember to include me on the email whenever you respond to a customer?’ conveys a sense of exasperation.2007 August 19, William Safire, “Gifts of Gab”, in New York Times

Forms of emphasizer

pluralemphasizers
alternative formemphasiser

Origin of emphasizer

From emphasize + -er.

Questions about emphasizer

What does emphasizer mean?
Emphasizer means one who, or that which, emphasizes.
What part of speech is emphasizer?
Emphasizer is a noun.
What is the plural of emphasizer?
The plural of emphasizer is emphasizers.

Words near emphasizer in the dictionary

  1. emphasizable
  2. emphasization
  3. emphasize
  4. emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized
  5. emphasized
  6. emphasizer
  7. emphasizers
  8. emphasizes
  9. emphasizing
  10. emphatic
  11. emphatic pronoun

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