Meaning of emphasize | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to give emphasis to.
2. To accord emphasis to:accent, accentuate, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore.
3. to lay or put emphasis on. You emphasize the word `too' in the sentence `Are you going too?'; He emphasized the importance of working hard. beklemtoon يُؤَكِّد، يُشَدِّد подчертавам dar ênfase zdůraznit betonen lægge vægt på; fremhæve; pointere τονίζω, δίνω έμφαση σε κτ. enfatizar, subrayar rõhutama تاکید کردن؛ تکیه گذاشتن painottaa souligner לְהָדגִיש जोर देकर कहना naglasiti (ki)hangsúlyoz menekankan leggja áherslu á enfatizzare, sottolineare 強調する 강조하다 pabrėžti, akcentuoti uzsvērt; akcentēt ...
4. (negative unemphatic) expressed with emphasis; firm and definite. an emphatic denial; He was most emphatic about the importance of arriving on time. nadruklik تَوْكيدي подчертан enfático důrazný; rozhodný nachdrücklich bestemt εμφατικόςenfático, enérgico rõhutatud مصر؛ قاطع؛ موکد painokas catégoriqueמודגש जोरदार, सशक्त posebno naglašen nyomatékos tegas áherslumikill, eindreginn risoluto, netto 断固とした 강조된 ryškus, atkaklus uzsvērts tegas nadrukkelijk ettertrykkelig, kraftig, bestemtstanowczy ټين...
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5. uitdruklik بِتَوكيد، مُشَدِّدا натъртено enfaticamente důrazně nachdrücklich eftertrykkeligt; udtrykkeligt; bestemt εμφατικάenérgicamente, en tono enfático rõhutatult اکیداً؛ بطور قاطع painokkaasti catégoriquement בְּתוֹקֶף सशक्त तरह से naglašeno nyomatékosan dengan tegas með áherslu, eindregið enfaticamente, energicamente 断固として 강조하여 atkakliai, ryžtingai uzsvērti dengan tegas nadrukkelijk med ettertrykkzdecydowanie موْكد enfaticamente categoric категорически; настоичиво dôrazne poudarjeno izr...
6. To give emphasis to; stress: She emphasized that the matter was urgent.
7. To cause to appear important or deserving of attention: The bank failure emphasized the need for reform.
8. To give prominence of sound to (a syllable or word) in pronouncing or in accordance with a metrical pattern.
9. (tr) to give emphasis or prominence to; stress
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10. highlight, stress, insist, underline, draw attention to, dwell on, underscore, weight, play up, make a point of, foreground, give priority to, press home, give prominence to, prioritize I should emphasize that nothing has been finally decided as yet. highlight play down, minimize, make light of, gloss over, underplay, soft-pedal (informal), make little of
    highlight

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