emphasize

(ĕm'fə-sīz')
tr.v., -sized, -siz·ing, -siz·es.
To give emphasis to; stress.

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verb

To accord emphasis to: accent, accentuate, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore. See important/unimportant.

v

Definition: stress, give priority to
Antonyms: depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate

IN BRIEF: To give particular attention to.

To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers. — Paul Klee (1879-1940).

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• Reasoning and Informing - emphasize: stress the importance of

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See words rhyming with "emphasize."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - understrege, lægge vægt på, betone, accentuere, give eftertryk

Nederlands (Dutch)
benadrukken, meer laten uitkomen

Français (French)
v. tr. - accentuer, appuyer sur, insister sur, souligner, mettre en valeur, faire valoir

Deutsch (German)
v. - betonen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τονίζω, υπογραμμίζω, δίνω έμφαση σε

Italiano (Italian)
mettere in rilievo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enfatizar

Русский (Russian)
подчеркивать, выделять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acentuar, destacar, hacer hincapié en, realzar, recalcar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ge eftertryck åt, betona

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
强调, 着重, 加强语气

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 強調, 著重, 加強語氣

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 강조하다, 힘주어 말하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 強調する, きわだたせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشدد, يؤكد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הדגיש, הבליט‬

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