Dictionary Entry
emphasize
emphasize is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 26 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
- 2verb
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
- 3verb
give extra weight to (a communication)
"Her gesture emphasized her words"
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