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Meaning of emphasis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important
  2. Special attention or prominence given to something
  3. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type
  4. The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants
  5. The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Español énfasis

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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