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emphasize

verb

1 emphasize

To stress, single out as important:
— Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet.

synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress.

Roget 535: assert; make an assertion etc. n.; have one's say; say, affirm, predicate, declare, state; protest, profess.    put forth, ... show more

Roget 642: be important etc. adj., be somebody, be something; import, signify, matter, boot, be an object; carry weight etc. (influence) ... show more

Dutch: accentueren, profileren

2 emphasize

Give extra weight to (a communication):
— Her gesture emphasized her words.

synonyms: emphasise, underline, underscore.

Dutch: benadrukken, accentueren, beklemtonen, betonen, onderstrepen


Moby thesaurus: accent, accentuate, assert, bear down on, belabor, call attention to, charge, dwell on, feature, give emphasis to, harp on, highlight, italicize, mark, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overstress, pinpoint, place emphasis on, play up ... show more.

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