emphasize

English

Alternative forms

• emphasise (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK)

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek – see emphasis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/, X-SAMPA: /"Em.f@.saIz/

Verb

emphasize (third-person singular simple present emphasizes, present participle emphasizing, simple past and past participle emphasized)

1. (transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

   His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.

Synonyms

• betone
• stress
• underscore

Antonyms

• de-emphasize
• downplay

Derived terms

• reemphasize
• overemphasize
• underemphasize

Related terms

• emphasis
• emphatic

Translations

stress

• Arabic: شدد (ar) (sháddada)
• Bulgarian: подчертавам (bg) (podčertavam), изтъквам (bg) (iztǎkvam)
• Catalan: emfatitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強調 (cmn), 强调 (cmn) (qiángdiào), 著重 (cmn), 着重 (cmn) (zhuózhòng)

• Czech: zdůraznit (cs)
• Dutch: benadrukken (nl)
• Finnish: painottaa (fi), korostaa (fi)
• French: souligner (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: betonen (de)

• Greek: υπογραμμίζω (el) (ypogrammízo)
• Japanese: 強調する (ja) (きょうちょうする, kyōchō-suru), アクセントをつける (ja) (akusento-o tsukeru)
• Maori: miramira (mi)
• Portuguese: enfatizar (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: подчёркивать (ru) (podčórkivat') impf., подчеркнуть (ru) (podčerknút') pf.
• Slovene: poudáriti (sl)
• Spanish: subrayar (es), enfatizar (es)
• Swedish: betona (sv), understryka (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can