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emphasis
noun(em-pha-sis)
force or intensity of expression that gives impressiveness or importance to something
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noun(em-pha-sis)
a particular prominence given in reading or speaking to one or more words or syllables
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noun(em-pha-sis)
special consideration of or stress or insistence on something
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verb(em-pha-sis)
to reduce in relative importance; also : play down
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noun(em-pha-sis)
the act or an instance of emphasizing something again or differently
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idiom(em-pha-sis)
to stress or emphasize (something) very much

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