EMPHASIS
\ˈɛmfəsˌɪs], \ˈɛmfəsˌɪs], \ˈɛ_m_f_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of EMPHASIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
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special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
By Princeton University
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
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special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
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A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
By Oddity Software
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A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
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A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
By Noah Webster.
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A particular stress of the voice on a word or words in reading or speaking; special force of language or thought.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Stress of the voice on particular words or syllables to make the meaning clear: impressiveness of expression or weight of thought:-pl. EMPHASES.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Latin] Stress of utterance or force of voice given to the words or parts of a discourse, intended to be impressed specially on an audience; force or meaning given to a word or sentence by the pronunciation;—significance of a particular expression ;—weight or value of a thought in a particular connection.
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