Emphasise

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    British standard spelling of emphasize.

    "It has emphasised that the proposals do not involve any work on the railway itself, so train services would continue to run throughout."

  2. 2
    to stress, single out as important wordnet
  3. 3
    give extra weight to (a communication) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
accentaccentuateemphasizepunctuatestressstress

Example

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"Do you wear those shorts to emphasise the aesthetic impoverishment you've been suffering this past decade?"

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re-emphasise

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