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Emphasis Special Extra Noun Importance Activity Part Aspect

word emphasis
definition
noun
Emphasis is special or extra importance that is given to an activity or to a part or aspect of something.
Too much emphasis is placed on research.
Grant puts a special emphasis on weather in his paintings.
Emphasis is extra force that you put on a syllable, word, or phrase when you are speaking in order to make it seem more important .
'I might have known it!' Miss Burnett said with emphasis.
The emphasis is on the first syllable of the last word.
inflections emphases
cefr-level B2

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