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# emphasise

«emphasise» in Mova's school dictionary: **especially important** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (emphasise, emphasises, emphasised, emphasising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To show that something is especially important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#m1)

2) To say a word or sound more strongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#m2)

3) To make something more noticeable, like a line or a colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In English, you emphasise key points in writing with bold, underlining or words like «especially»; in speaking, you stress a word; in art, colour can emphasise a shape; phrases: «emphasise the point», «emphasise the importance of».

### examples

- The teacher emphasised the importance of checking our answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#x1)
- Underline the words you want to emphasise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#x2)
- She emphasised the word «never». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#x3)
- Bright colours emphasise the eyes in the painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#x4)
- The firefighter emphasised: get out, stay out, call 999. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#x5)
- He emphasised that the test was only for practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphasise/#x6)

### note

UK spelling «emphasise»; US spelling «emphasize». Noun: emphasis (plural emphases). Do not say «emphasise on»: say «emphasise the point» or «put emphasis on».

### Trees and pragmatics

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