Noun: emphasis
| Singular | emphasis |
| Plural | emphases |
Sample Sentences
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He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
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Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
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Put emphasis on the advantages rather than the drawbacks.
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The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. [1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18:]
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He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
Nouns inflected like emphasis
mythopoiesis,
ketoacidosis,
carcinomatosis,
macropinocytosis,
syrtis,
glomerulosclerosis,
anagenesis,
cryptanalysis,
sepsis,
subhypothesis,
neurotoxocariasis,
dysmorphosis,
preexapophysis,
neurolipidosis,
diegesis,
chocolate nemesis,
carcinogenesis,
eccyesis,
qualitative analysis,
epicranial aponeurosis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “to present; to indicate”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to show”). See: Latin Nouns '
emphasis', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἔμφασις'.
Verbs referencing "emphasis"
Finnish Nouns
emfaasi.