| NOUN | state | emphasis, accent | special importance or significance / significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | emphasis, vehemence | intensity or forcefulness of expression | |
| communication | emphasis | special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. | |
| communication | emphasis, stress, accent | the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) |
| Sounds | eh'mfahsahs; eh'mfahsihs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | ||
| Meaning | Special importance or significance / significance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis" | |
| Synonym | accent | |
| Narrower | stress, focus | Special emphasis attached to something |
| Broader | importance, grandness | A prominent status |
| Spanish | acento, énfasis | |
| Catalan | accent, èmfasi | |
| Adjectives | emphatic | forceful and definite in expression or action |
| Verbs | emphasize | to stress, single out as important |
| Meaning | intensity or forcefulness of expression. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "his emphasis on civil rights" | |
| Synonym | vehemence | |
| Narrower | overemphasis | Too much emphasis |
| Broader | intensity, intensiveness | high level or degree |
| Spanish | énfasis, vehemencia | |
| Adjectives | emphatic | forceful and definite in expression or action |
| emphatic | spoken with emphasis | |
| Meaning | Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | topicalization | (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence |
| Broader | rhetorical device | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
| Spanish | énfasis | |
| Catalan | èmfasi | |
| Adjectives | emphatic | forceful and definite in expression or action |
| Meaning | The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | stress, accent | |
| Narrower | accentuation | The use or application of an accent |
| sentence stress | The distribution of stresses within a sentence | |
| tonic accent, pitch accent | emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness | |
| word stress, word accent | The distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word | |
| Broader | prosody, inflection | The patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
| Spanish | acento, acentuación, énfasis, tilde | |
| Catalan | accent, accentuació, èmfasi | |
| Adjectives | emphatic | sudden and strong |
| emphatic | spoken with emphasis | |
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