to emphasize

Definition of to emphasize in English English dictionary: italicize; To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something)
His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.; to articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words; {v} to pronounce with a stress of voice
To emphasise: italicise
emphasize: To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase
emphasize: em·pha·size emphasizes emphasizing emphasized in BRIT, also use emphasise To emphasize something means to indicate that it is particularly important or true, or to draw special attention to it. But it's also been emphasized that no major policy changes can be expected to come out of the meeting Discuss pollution with your child, emphasizing how nice a clean street, lawn, or park looks
emphasize: {f} stress, accentuate the importance of, underscore; make more obviously defined (e.g.: "The skirt she is wearing emphasizes her waist"), emphasise
emphasize: to stress, single out as important; "Dr Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
emphasize: give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
emphasize: put on record
emphasize: point up

to emphasize

Hyphenation

to em·pha·size

tı emfısayz

/tə ˈemfəˌsīz/ /tə ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz/

... emphasize this point: that it is important to craft policies ...

... Let's add vignette to emphasize the human face. ...

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