English > emphasize: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | To stress, single out as important. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Example | "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
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| Synonyms | stress, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate |
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| Narrower | background, play down, downplay | understate the importance or quality of |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | acentuar, enfatizar, puntuar, recalcar, remarcar, resaltar, subrayar |
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| Catalan | accentuar, emfasitzar, emfatitzar, recalcar, remarcar |
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| Nouns | emphasis | special importance or significance / significance |
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| emphasizing | the act of giving special importance or significance to something |
