Emphasis Word ˈemfəsɪs Put Emphasis Extra Examples Noun

• since the elections there has been a greater emphasis on education.
• to put/lay/place emphasis on something
• to put particular/special/strong emphasis on something
• increased emphasis is now being placed on corporate image.

emphasis

1. special importance that is given to something
• SYNONYM stress
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• Since the elections there has been a greater emphasis on education.
• to put/lay/place emphasis on something
• to put particular/special/strong emphasis on something
• Increased emphasis is now being placed on corporate image.
• The emphasis is very much on learning the spoken language.
• There is too much emphasis on reducing costs.
• We provide all types of information, with an emphasis on legal advice.
• There has been a shift of emphasis from manufacturing to service industries.
• The course has a vocational emphasis.
• The examples we will look at have quite different emphases.

Extra Examples

• The alternative explanation puts more emphasis on economic factors.
• Both subjects should be given equal emphasis.
• Education received special emphasis.
• Examine the events leading to the war, with particular emphasis on France's role in them.
• I believe the education system places undue emphasis on exam results.
• In recent years, the emphasis has moved away from punishing drug addicts towards helping them.
• Little emphasis was placed on educating people about the dangers.
• The Democrats shifted the emphasis away from direct taxation.
• The company lays great emphasis on customer care.
• The emphasis is on keeping fit rather than developing lots of muscles.
• We discussed where the main emphasis should be placed.
• a cultural emphasis on educational achievement
• schools that put a heavy emphasis on sporting achievement
• with the new emphasis on individuality and creative expression
2. the extra force given to a word or phrase when spoken, especially in order to show that it is important; a way of writing a word (for example drawing a line below it) to show that it is important
• SYNONYM stress
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• You're placing the emphasis on the wrong syllable.
• He put extra emphasis on the word ‘never’.
• 'I can assure you,’ she added with emphasis, ‘the figures are correct.’

Extra Examples

• His slight emphasis on the word ‘Lady’ was definitely mocking.
• She repeated the question with emphasis.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, originally ‘appearance, show’, later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English), from emphainein ‘exhibit’, from em- ‘in, within’ + phainein ‘to show’.