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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions emphasis noun (emphases) special, Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. He paused for before saying who had won. Special attention or prominence given to something. Anglia TV's is on Norwich and district. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type. He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give in his speech. (typography) Related to bold. Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (emphasis) "significance" < (polytonic, á) (emphainÅ) "I present" or "I indicate" < (polytonic, á) (en) "in" and (polytonic, ) (phainÅ) "I show"      Full Definition of emphasis  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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