Emphases

[em-fuh-sis] /ˈɛm fə sɪs/

noun, plural emphases
[em-fuh-seez] /ˈɛm fəˌsiz/ (Show IPA)
1.
special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything:
The president’s statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
2.
something that is given great stress or importance:
Morality was the emphasis of his speech.
3.
Rhetoric.

4.
intensity or force of expression, action, etc.:
Determination lent emphasis to his proposals.
5.
prominence, as of form or outline:
The background detracts from the emphasis of the figure.
6.
Electronics. .
/ˈɛmfəsɪs/
noun (pl) -ses (-siːz)
1.
special importance or significance
2.
an object, idea, etc, that is given special importance or significance
3.
stress made to fall on a particular syllable, word, or phrase in speaking
4.
force or intensity of expression: he spoke with special emphasis on the subject of civil rights
5.
sharpness or clarity of form or outline: the sunlight gave emphasis to the shape of the mountain
n.

1570s, from Latin emphasis, from Greek emphasis “significance, indirect meaning,” from emphainein “to present, show, indicate,” from en “in” (see en- (2)) + phainein “to show” (see phantasm). In Greek and Latin, it developed a sense of “extra stress” given to a word or phrase in speech as a clue that it implies something more than literal meaning.

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[em-fuh-sahyz] /ˈɛm fəˌsaɪz/ verb (used with object), emphasized, emphasizing. 1. to give to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara. /ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz/ verb 1. (transitive) to give emphasis or prominence to; stress v. 1828, from emphasis + -ize. Related: Emphasized; emphasizing.
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