Term Gallery logo

Meanings of emphasizing in English

The act of giving special importance or significance to something.

Usage of emphasizing in English
1
It needs enemies because it defines itself through emphasizing others as different.
Feminist dot com
2
We're emphasizing what we think is really important, which is people's music.
Wired
3
She takes things seriously from the start, emphasizing Mel's realist maternal impulses.
Reuters
4
They claim the bank is emphasizing quantity over quality in its investigations.
Reuters
5
I was on this campus last night, he said, emphasizing each word.
Go Set a Watchman
6
These mutations occurred throughout both genes, emphasizing the need for comprehensive sequencing.
Pubmed
7
On July 19th the dispatches from Rome were emphasizing the Italian counter-attacks.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
8
For the people! she ended, emphasizing and giving power to each word.
Imperfect Sword
9
Obama's campaign has sought to exploit this by emphasizing Romney's vast wealth.
Reuters
10
They were thick and almost horizontal, emphasizing the depth of her eyes.
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
11
All revised stems were radiographically undersized, emphasizing the importance of the technique.
Pubmed
12
The time has passed for emphasizing unduly the pathos of Lanier's life.
Sidney Lanier
13
He dashed off replies unhesitatingly, emphasizing the urgency for their prompt despatch.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
14
If I have money enough, he repeated, emphasizing the last two words.
The Titan
15
Strongly emphasizing a single word has a tendency to suggest its antithesis.
The Art of Public Speaking
16
Nora began and read glibly on, unconsciously emphasizing as she did so.
Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School / Or, Fast Friends in...
About this term
More collocations
Emphasizing through the time
Emphasizing across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common