Emphasis Definition

ĕmfə-sĭs

emphases

noun

emphases

Force of expression, thought, feeling, action, etc.

Webster's New World

Special attention given to something so as to make it stand out; importance; stress; weight.

To put less emphasis on athletics.

Webster's New World

Special attention or effort directed toward something.

A small-town newspaper's emphasis on local affairs.

American Heritage

Special stress given as to a syllable, word, or phrase in speaking.

Webster's New World

(typography) Related to bold.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Emphasis

Singular:

emphasis

Plural:

Latin from Greek from emphainein to exhibit, display en- in en–² phainein to show bhā-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (emphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphainō, “I present, I indicate”), from ἔν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phainō, “I show”).

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