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Emphasis Noun Word  /ˈemfəsɪs   Countable Uncountable Plural Emphases

Level B2 
Kind noun
Front emphasis 
IPA  /ˈemfəsɪs   / noun [countable, uncountable] (plural emphases /-siːz   /)
Back önem, ağırlık
vurgu
Back 2

emphasis (noun)

 /ˈemfəsɪs   / noun [countable, uncountable] (plural emphases /-siːz   /)
 
 1 emphasis (on sth)
(giving) special importance or attention (to sth)
önem, ağırlık
 There's a lot of emphasis on science at our school.
 You should put a greater emphasis on quality rather than quantity when you write.
 2 the force that you give to a word or phrase when you are speaking; a way of writing a word to show that it is important
vurgu
 In the word ‘photographer’ the emphasis is on the second syllable.
 I underlined the key phrases of my letter for emphasis.
SYNONYM STRESS1
 

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