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   emphasis

   /ˈɛmfəsɪs/

   noun

   • 1. special importance, value, or prominence given to something: "they placed great emphasis on the individual's freedom" Similar prominenceimportancesignificancestressweightattentionpriorityurgencyforceforciblenessinsistenceunderliningunderscoringintensityimportpowermomentmarkpre-eminenceweightage
   • 2. stress given to a word or words when speaking to indicate particular importance: "inflection and emphasis can change the meaning of what is said" Similar stressaccentaccentuationweightforceprominencebeatictus
   • ▪ vigour or intensity of expression: "he spoke with emphasis and with complete conviction"

   Word Origin late 16th century: via Latin from Greek, originally ‘appearance, show’, later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English), from emphainein ‘exhibit’, from em- ‘in, within’ + phainein ‘to show’.

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