| emphasis | |
| 1. n. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important. | |
| He paused for emphasis before saying who had won. | |
| 2. n. Special attention or prominence given to something. | |
| Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district. | |
| 3. n. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type. | |
| He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech. | |
| 4. n. (typography) Related to bold. | |
| 5. n. (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants | |
