EMPHASIS


Meaning of EMPHASIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈem(p)-fə-səs ]

noun

( plural em·pha·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Latin, from Greek, exposition, emphasis, from emphainein to indicate, from en- + phainein to show — more at fancy

Date: 1573

1.

a. : force or intensity of expression that gives impressiveness or importance to something

b. : a particular prominence given in reading or speaking to one or more words or syllables

2. : special consideration of or stress or insistence on something

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.