emphasize

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verb

1. to stress, single out as important (Freq. 26)
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
• Syn:
stress, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
• Derivationally related forms:
accent (for: accentuate), accentuation (for: accentuate), accent (for: accent), emphasizing, emphasis, stress (for: stress)
• Hypernyms:
express, show, evince
• Hyponyms:
background, play down, downplay, bring out, set off,
re-emphasise, re-emphasize, bear down, topicalize, point up, drive home,
ram home, press home, underscore, underline, emphasise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. give extra weight to (a communication) (Freq. 1)
- Her gesture emphasized her words
• Syn:
underscore, underline, emphasise
• Derivationally related forms:
emphasizing
• Hypernyms:
stress, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE