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| em·pha·sis [ émfəssiss ] (plural em·pha·ses [ émfə sz ]) |
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1. importance: special importance, significance, or stress
  puts emphasis on exercise
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2. forcefulness of expression: forcefulness of expression to indicate the importance of something
Your opening paragraph needs greater emphasis to grab the reader's attention.
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3. extra spoken stress on important word: extra stress of voice put on a syllable, word, or phrase, usually to show its significance
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| [Late 16th century. Via Latin< Greek, "significance, appearance" < emphainein "to show, indicate" < phainein "to show"] |
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