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Emphasis

Noun

Definitions

1.NounSpecial weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
"He paused for emphasis before saying who had won."
2.NounSpecial attention or prominence given to something.
"Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.; Put emphasis on the advantages rather than the drawbacks."
3.NounProminence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
"He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech."
4.NounThe phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
5.NounThe use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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