emphasis

Significado

1. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
2. Special attention or prominence given to something.
3. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
4. The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
5. The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɛmfəsɪs/

Etimoloxía

From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I present, I indicate”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).

Oracións

Despite her renewed musical emphasis , Deckers' career failed to prosper .