emphasis
21emphasis — noun /ˈɛmfəsɪs/ a) Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. He paused for emphasis before saying who had won. b) Special attention or prominence given to something. Anglia TVs emphasis is on Norwich and district …
22emphasis — [16] In Greek, émphasis originally meant simply ‘appearance’. It was a derivative of emphaínein ‘exhibit, indicate’, a compound verb formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and phaínein ‘show’ (source of English phase). It came to be used as a grammatical …
23emphasis — Any forcefulness that gives importance or dominance (weight) to some feature or features of an artwork; something singled out, stressed, or drawn attention to by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint for aesthetic impact. A way of… …
24emphasis — noun 1) the curriculum gave more emphasis to reading and writing Syn: prominence, importance, significance, value; stress, weight, accent, attention, priority, preeminence, urgency, force 2) the emphasis is on the word little Syn …
25emphasis — noun 1) the curriculum gave more emphasis to reading and writing Syn: prominence, importance, significance, value, stress, weight, accent, attention, priority 2) the emphasis is on the word little Syn: stress …
26emphasis*/*/ — [ˈemfəsɪs] (plural emphases [ˈemfəsiːz] ) noun [C/U] 1) special importance or attention that is given to one thing in particular We place great emphasis on staff development.[/ex] 2) the extra loudness with which you say a particular phrase, word …
27emphasis — em•pha•sis [[t]ˈɛm fə sɪs[/t]] n. pl. ses [[t] ˌsiz[/t]] 1) special stress or importance attached to something 2) something that is given special stress or importance 3) rht stress laid on particular words, by means of position, repetition, or… …
28emphasis — [16] In Greek, émphasis originally meant simply ‘appearance’. It was a derivative of emphaínein ‘exhibit, indicate’, a compound verb formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and phaínein ‘show’ (source of English phase). It came to be used as a grammatical …
29emphasis — noun (plural emphases) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, exposition, emphasis, from emphainein to indicate, from en + phainein to show more at fancy Date: 1573 1. a. force or intensity of expression that gives impressiveness or importance to… …
30emphasis — Ударение, акцент (Accent, Emphasis) Надстрочный знак, указывающий на особенности произношения слова, в частности на ударный слог. В русском языке в качестве знака ударения используется акут [один из верхних акцентов – «oстрое» ударение] …