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# emphasis

«emphasis» in Mova's school dictionary: **Special importance or attention given to something: «The…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (emphasis, emphases)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Special importance or attention given to something: «The school puts emphasis on reading». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#m1)

2) Extra force given to a word or syllable when speaking, to show it matters: «Put the emphasis on "not"». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#m2)

3) In writing, a way of showing importance, such as bold or italic print. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#m3)

4) Emphasis can also mean a strong, forceful way of doing something, not only speaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In English: emphasis in speaking (stress) and writing (bold, italics, underlining, capital letters, exclamation marks). In school life: the emphasis of a lesson is its main point. Phrases: «put/place emphasis on», «with emphasis», «a strong emphasis», «the emphasis is on».

### examples

- Our coach puts a lot of emphasis on teamwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#x1)
- "I did NOT break it," she said with emphasis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#x2)
- In this lesson, the emphasis is on fractions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#x3)
- Italics are used for emphasis in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#x4)
- The word "photograph" has the emphasis on the first part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#x5)
- The school places emphasis on kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#x6)
- The cleric nodded with savage emphasis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/#x7)

### note

Plural «emphases» (em-fuh-seez). Verb: «emphasise» (UK) / «emphasize» (US); adjective: «emphatic». Use «emphasis on», never «emphasis about».

### In the corpora

- [Italics can show thoughts, a word said with emphasis, or a word from another language.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emphasis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.