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emphasize

[em-fuh-sahyz] / ˈɛm fəˌsaɪz /
VERB
stress, give priority to
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accentuate affirm assert highlight indicate maintain point out reiterate repeat underline underscore
STRONG
accent articulate charge dramatize enlarge enunciate headline hit impress italicize mark pinpoint press pronounce punctuate spotlight weight
WEAK
bear down dwell on insist on labor the point limelight make a point make clear make emphatic make much of play up point up put accent on rub in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
deny
STRONG
lose mumble
WEAK
depreciate forget ignore play down understate

Example Sentences

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Researchers emphasize that optical wireless technology is not meant to replace Wi-Fi or cellular networks.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

Publicis also plans to emphasize data optimization, where the Publicis Sports Intelligence platform can plan and measure investments across the business.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Ms. Gage, who teaches American history at Yale, presents the book as an attempt, timed for the semiquincentennial, to improve the contemporary “national historical dialogue, which tends to emphasize veneration or damnation over real understanding.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The researchers emphasize that this does not mean microplastics are not a real problem.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

If you want to emphasize the overall question, put the question mark outside the quotation marks.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.