Emphasize
verb
To make something more clearly understood or more noticeable.
She emphasized that she will not tolerate any kind of misconduct.
Often appears as...
- emphasize the importance
- emphasize the need
verb
To lay stress upon.
The lecturer emphasized the importance of reading widely
Often appears as...
- emphasize the significance
- emphasize the value
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make something more clearly understood or more noticeable.
She emphasized that she will not tolerate any kind of misconduct.
Often appears as...
- emphasize the importance
- emphasize the need
verb
To lay stress upon.
The lecturer emphasized the importance of reading widely
Often appears as...
- emphasize the significance
- emphasize the value
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Using 'emphasize' can help create a strong mental picture to remember details or concepts.
The illustration emphasizes the cycle of water evaporation and rainfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Argument Strength
Use 'emphasize' to make your argument or point of view stand out more clearly.
In the debate, he emphasized the benefits of renewable energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarifying Misunderstandings
'Emphasize' can be used to clarify a point that might have been misunderstood or overlooked.
I want to emphasize that my earlier comment was about efficiency, not cost.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Using 'emphasize' can help create a strong mental picture to remember details or concepts.
The illustration emphasizes the cycle of water evaporation and rainfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Argument Strength
Use 'emphasize' to make your argument or point of view stand out more clearly.
In the debate, he emphasized the benefits of renewable energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarifying Misunderstandings
'Emphasize' can be used to clarify a point that might have been misunderstood or overlooked.
I want to emphasize that my earlier comment was about efficiency, not cost.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Using 'emphasize' can help create a strong mental picture to remember details or concepts.
The illustration emphasizes the cycle of water evaporation and rainfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Argument Strength
Use 'emphasize' to make your argument or point of view stand out more clearly.
In the debate, he emphasized the benefits of renewable energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarifying Misunderstandings
'Emphasize' can be used to clarify a point that might have been misunderstood or overlooked.
I want to emphasize that my earlier comment was about efficiency, not cost.
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The five major world...
At the Passover meal, every item on the menu symbolizes an aspect of the escape from slavery. The importance of growing up is emphasized when young people reach the age of bar and bat mitzvah, ceremonies during which they assume responsibility for their actions and celebrate the weaving of their own lives
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The truth is shedding pounds in the long run simply doesn't have a quick-fix solution. Not all diet crazes tout weight loss. What about claims of superfoods, cleanses, and other body-boosting solutions? Marketing emphasizes the allure of products associated with ancient and remote cultures
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
animals but none that it would take down with such a fragile skull for that it emphasized the four limbs four foot long four limbs with foot long claws that in life would have been about 16 inches it has been most powerful hands and four
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What makes a poem … a...
often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics. One - poems emphasize language's musical qualities.
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What are the universal...
That's why some critics say it's naive to consider human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power. Critics also question the universality of human rights and emphasize that their development
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
a drawn curtain often emphasizes the separation. We can witness a milkmaid serenely pouring a bowl of milk, but that milk isn't for us. We're only onlookers. The studied composition in Vermeer's paintings
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
The consequence of the single story is It robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar.
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Rethink how you think...
great even if you're deluded number two that delusion can help you fool other people and yet there is a dark side of overconfidence that is hardly ever emphasized for example overconfidence
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Why Shakespeare loved...
One of the most important things in Shakespeare's language is his use of stress. Not that kind of stress, but the way we emphasize certain syllables in words more than others.
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Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
Carles avalue living in their cells as these photos emphasize it receives food for the Carl but too much ultraviolet
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The five major world...
At the Passover meal, every item on the menu symbolizes an aspect of the escape from slavery. The importance of growing up is emphasized when young people reach the age of bar and bat mitzvah, ceremonies during which they assume responsibility for their actions and celebrate the weaving of their own lives
Video examples
How to spot a fad diet -...
The truth is shedding pounds in the long run simply doesn't have a quick-fix solution. Not all diet crazes tout weight loss. What about claims of superfoods, cleanses, and other body-boosting solutions? Marketing emphasizes the allure of products associated with ancient and remote cultures
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
animals but none that it would take down with such a fragile skull for that it emphasized the four limbs four foot long four limbs with foot long claws that in life would have been about 16 inches it has been most powerful hands and four
Video examples
What makes a poem … a...
often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics. One - poems emphasize language's musical qualities.
Video examples
What are the universal...
That's why some critics say it's naive to consider human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power. Critics also question the universality of human rights and emphasize that their development
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
a drawn curtain often emphasizes the separation. We can witness a milkmaid serenely pouring a bowl of milk, but that milk isn't for us. We're only onlookers. The studied composition in Vermeer's paintings
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
The consequence of the single story is It robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar.
Video examples
Rethink how you think...
great even if you're deluded number two that delusion can help you fool other people and yet there is a dark side of overconfidence that is hardly ever emphasized for example overconfidence
Video examples
Why Shakespeare loved...
One of the most important things in Shakespeare's language is his use of stress. Not that kind of stress, but the way we emphasize certain syllables in words more than others.
Video examples
Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
Carles avalue living in their cells as these photos emphasize it receives food for the Carl but too much ultraviolet
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Quote examples
Michelle Obama
American First Lady
We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
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Jim Yong Kim
South Korean Public Servant
One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way.
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John Key
New Zealander Politician
Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Life insurance became popular only when insurance companies stopped emphasizing it as a good investment and sold it instead as a symbolic commitment by fathers to the future well-being of their families.
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Paul Wellstone
American Politician
I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
American Politician
I have advocated an entirely different approach than cap and tax, which would be worldwide in application and which emphasizes technology as a way of reducing total emissions.
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John Boehner
American Politician
And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
I can't emphasize how important free speech is to a liberal and free democracy.
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Bill Haslam
American Politician
I want to emphasize that character in our leaders does matter.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
Quote examples
Jim Yong Kim
South Korean Public Servant
One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way.
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John Key
New Zealander Politician
Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.
Quote examples
James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Life insurance became popular only when insurance companies stopped emphasizing it as a good investment and sold it instead as a symbolic commitment by fathers to the future well-being of their families.
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Paul Wellstone
American Politician
I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.
Quote examples
Jim Sensenbrenner
American Politician
I have advocated an entirely different approach than cap and tax, which would be worldwide in application and which emphasizes technology as a way of reducing total emissions.
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John Boehner
American Politician
And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
I can't emphasize how important free speech is to a liberal and free democracy.
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Bill Haslam
American Politician
I want to emphasize that character in our leaders does matter.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.
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