EMPHASIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does emphasize mean?
• EMPHASIZE (verb)
The verb EMPHASIZE has 2 senses:
1. to stress, single out as important
2. give extra weight to (a communication)
Familiarity information: EMPHASIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EMPHASIZE (verb)
Meaning:
To stress, single out as important
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
accent; stress; emphasize; accentuate; emphasise; punctuate
Context example:
Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
Hypernyms (to "emphasize" is one way to...):
evince; express; show (give expression to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emphasize"):
background; downplay; play down (understate the importance or quality of)
bring out; set off (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast)
re-emphasise; re-emphasize (emphasize anew)
bear down (pay special attention to)
topicalize (emphasize by putting have stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence)
point up (emphasize, especially by identification)
drive home; press home; ram home (make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something)
emphasise; emphasize; underline; underscore (give extra weight to (a communication))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Give extra weight to (a communication)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
emphasise; underline; underscore; emphasize
Context example:
Her gesture emphasized her words
Hypernyms (to "emphasize" is one way to...):
accent; accentuate; emphasise; emphasize; punctuate; stress (to stress, single out as important)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
