<b><font size="4">"emphasis"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents" [syn: <a href="../accent.html">accent</a>] </li> <li>intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights" [syn: <a href="../vehemence.html">vehemence</a>] </li> <li>special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. </li> <li>the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: <a href="../stress.html">stress</a>, <a href="../accent.html">accent</a>] [also: <a href="/">emphases</a> (pl)]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../emphasis.html">http://www.word.sc/emphasis</a>

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