[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"emphasis"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]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: [URL="http://www.word.sc/accent"]accent[/URL]] [*]intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/vehemence"]vehemence[/URL]] [*]special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. [*]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: [URL="http://www.word.sc/stress"]stress[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/accent"]accent[/URL]] [also: [URL="http://www.word.sc/emphases"]emphases[/URL] (pl)] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/emphasis"]http://www.word.sc/emphasis[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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