- pronunciation:
- em
f
saIz
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
emphasizes, emphasizing, emphasized |
| definition: |
When you emphasize something, you give it special attention or strength. You can emphasize something in speaking by saying it loud or saying it again. You can emphasize something you write by drawing a line under it.
The teacher wrote a note to all the parents. In the note, she wrote that every child MUST have permission from their parents to go on the class trip. She emphasized the word "must" by writing it in very big letters.- similar words:
- accent, stress
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| related words: |
feature, insist |
The word emphasize
contains the following part:
phan, phas, phen
Greek
root
that means
show, appear
Example words: