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📖 Определения и значения для слова emphasize

📒 to give special importance to something

  • emphasize something His speech emphasized the importance of attracting industry to the town.
  • The report emphasizes the need for economic stability.
  • She emphasized the point in an interview at the weekend.

📒 to make something easier to notice

  • She swept her hair back from her face to emphasize her high cheekbones.
  • The rising tone of his voice emphasized his panic.

📒 to give extra force to a word or phrase when you are speaking, especially to show that it is important

  • ‘Let nothing… nothing,’ he emphasized the word, ‘tempt you.’
  • You stress the first syllable in ‘happiness’.
  • ‘Let nothing … nothing,’ he emphasized the word, ‘tempt you.’
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