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English to English noun
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special importance or significance |  | Example: the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents
source: wordnet30
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intensity or forcefulness of expression |  | Example: the vehemence of his denial his emphasis on civil rights
source: wordnet30
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special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. |  | source: wordnet30
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) |  | Example: he put the stress on the wrong syllable
source: wordnet30
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A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience. |  | source: webster1913
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