[U,C]
1 ~ (on / upon sth) special importance that is given to sth:
to put / lay / place emphasis on sth * There has been a shift of emphasis from manufacturing to service industries. * The emphasis is very much on learning the spoken language. * Increased emphasis is now being placed on corporate image. * The course has a vocational emphasis. * We provide all types of information, with an emphasis on legal advice. * The examples we will look at have quite different emphases.
2 the extra force given to a word or phrase when spoken, especially in order to show that it is important; a way of writing a word (for example drawing a line underneath it) to show that it is important:
'I can assure you,' she added with emphasis, 'the figures are correct.'
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for emphasis is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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Yes — emphasis appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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