Synonym: accent, importance, insistence, stress. Similar words: emphasize, as is, phase, elephant, employ, empire, temple, preempt. Meaning: ['emfəsɪs] 
n. 1. special importance or significance 2. intensity or forcefulness of expression 3. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. 4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).
n. 1. special importance or significance 2. intensity or forcefulness of expression 3. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. 4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch). 
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31. The emphasis on social integration often served to obscure the real differences within the community.
32. It was with the greatest difficulty that the boy gathered the strength to speak,but spoke with a frightful emphasis.
33. He placed great emphasis on the importance of family life and ties.
34. The emphasis on testing leads to greater stress among students and carries implications of failure.
35. There is a lot of emphasis on maintaining local traditions .
36. His voice was angry and he spaced the words for emphasis.
37. They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
38. We provide all types of information, with an emphasis on legal advice.
39. The new policy shifted the emphasis away from fighting inflation.
40. Too much emphasis is placed on the desirability of being thin.
41. Grant puts a special emphasis on weather in his paintings.
42. The paper follows an editorial policy that puts great emphasis on foreign news.
43. I think we should put as much emphasis on preventing disease as we do on curing it.
44. It is no use merely mentioning the fact in passing; it needs to be driven home by emphasis and repetition.
45. You can never place enough emphasis upon the importance of safety.
46. The new breed of walking holidays puts the emphasis on enjoyment[sentencedict.com], not endurance.
47. She lays a lot of emphasis on the usage of prepositions.
48. 'I might have know it!' Miss Burnett said with emphasis.
49. The emphasis is on the carrot of incentive rather than the stick of taxes.
50. As the political emphasis shifts, Bulgaria will inevitably become more westernized.
51. Schools here put/place/lay great emphasis on written work and grammar.
52. In recent years, the emphasis has moved away from punishing drug addicts towards helping them.
53. In recent years we have seen greater emphasis than heretofore on the voice of the consumer. Sentencedict.com
54. Officials fear that he might interpret the emphasis on diplomacy as a sign of weakness.
55. Emphasis was placed on the school as a transmitter of moral values.
56. Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?
57. There has been a shift of emphasis from manufacturing to service industries.
58. The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth.
59. Many teachers see an emphasis on written tests as a step backwards .
60. Where do you put the emphasis in the word 'controversy'?
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