| VERB | communication | emphasise, underscore, underline, emphasize | give extra weight to (a communication) |
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| communication | emphasise, stress, emphasize, punctuate, accent, accentuate | to stress, single out as important |
| Meaning | Give extra weight to (a communication). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | underscore, underline, emphasize | |
| Broader | stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate | To stress, single out as important |
| Spanish | remarcar, subrayar | |
| Catalan | recalcar, remarcar, subratllar | |
| Meaning | To stress, single out as important. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | stress, emphasize, punctuate, accent, accentuate | |
| Narrower | background, play down, downplay | understate the importance or quality of |
| bear down | pay special attention to | |
| bring out, set off | direct attention to, as if by means of contrast | |
| drive home, ram home, press home | make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something | |
| point up | emphasize, especially by identification | |
| re-emphasise, re-emphasize | emphasize anew | |
| topicalize | emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence | |
| underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise | Give extra weight to (a communication) | |
| Broader | express, show, evince | Give expression / expression to |
| Spanish | acentuar, enfatizar, puntuar, recalcar, remarcar, resaltar, subrayar | |
| Catalan | accentuar, emfasitzar, emfatitzar, recalcar, remarcar | |
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