Saturday, March 22, 2014

EMPHASIS

WORD: EMPHASIS

MEANING:
1. special importance or significance
2. an object, idea, etc, that is given special importance or significance
3. (Rhetoric) stress made to fall on a particular syllable, word, or phrase in speaking
4. force or intensity of expression: he spoke with special emphasis on the subject of civil rights.
5. sharpness or clarity of form or outline: the sunlight gave emphasis to the shape of the mountain
4. Having been in the past: a former ambassador.


EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis
2. Our candidate's plan has a different emphasis.

PRONOUNCE:
emphasis - एम्फसस / एम्फसिस / एम्फसिस

LINK: EMPHASIS

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