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Grammar : Noun
Spell : em-fuh-sis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛm fə sɪs



Definition of emphases

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Latin emphasis, from Greek emphasis "significance, indirect meaning," from emphainein "to present, show, indicate," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm). In Greek and Latin, it developed a sense of "extra stress" given to a word or phrase in speech as a clue that it implies something more than literal meaning.
  • noun importance, prominence
Example sentences :
  • Study it so sympathetically that you can follow its hints, and make its emphases.
  • Extract from : « Literature in the Elementary School » by Porter Lander MacClintock
  • He then began to read in a good round resonant voice, with clear enunciation and careful attention to his pauses and emphases.
  • Extract from : « The American Claimant » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Its emphases vary according to my own indifferences and ignorance as well as according to my own sympathies and knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest » by J. Frank Dobie
  • These emphases in our defense planning have been made at my personal direction after long and thoughtful study.
  • Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
  • The variations and emphases that feeling may dictate can be done in the painting stage.
  • Extract from : « The Practice and Science Of Drawing » by Harold Speed
  • That piles up all the emphases and all the climaxes and all the destinies into life here.
  • Extract from : « New Tabernacle Sermons » by Thomas De Witt Talmage

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