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 →

2) Extra force given to a word or syllable when speaking, to show it matters: «Put the emphasis on "not"». tree →

3) In writing, a way of showing importance, such as bold or italic print. tree →

4) Emphasis can also mean a strong, forceful way of doing something, not only speaking. tree →

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 →
• "I did NOT break it," she said with emphasis. tree →
• In this lesson, the emphasis is on fractions. tree →
• Italics are used for emphasis in the story. tree →
• The word "photograph" has the emphasis on the first part. tree →
• The school places emphasis on kindness. tree →
• The cleric nodded with savage emphasis. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «emphasis» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.