emphasize

Definition of emphasize in English English dictionary: To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something)
His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.; to articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words; {v} to pronounce with a stress of voice; To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase; em·pha·size emphasizes emphasizing emphasized in BRIT, also use emphasise To emphasize something means to indicate that it is particularly important or true, or to draw special attention to it. But it's also been emphasized that no major policy changes can be expected to come out of the meeting Discuss pollution with your child, emphasizing how nice a clean street, lawn, or park looks; {f} stress, accentuate the importance of, underscore; make more obviously defined (e.g.: "The skirt she is wearing emphasizes her waist"), emphasise; to stress, single out as important; "Dr Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"; give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"; put on record; point up
de-emphasize: To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down
emphasise: Alternative spelling of emphasize
To emphasize: italicize
de-emphasize: reduce the emphasis
emphasise: {f} stress, accentuate the importance of, underscore; make more obviously defined (e.g.: "The skirt she is wearing emphasises her waist), emphasize
emphasise: to stress, single out as important; "Dr Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
emphasise: give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
emphasise: British, alternative spelling of emphasize
emphasised: spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"
emphasised: past of emphasise
emphasising: {i} attaching special importance or significance to something; act of giving emphasis (also emphasizing)
emphasized: spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"
emphasized: past of emphasize
emphasizes: third-person singular of emphasize
emphasizing: the act of giving special importance or significance to something
emphasizing: present participle of emphasize
emphasizing: {i} attaching special importance or significance to something; act of giving emphasis (also emphasising)