stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
(verb) to stress, single out as important; “Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”
underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise
(verb) give extra weight to (a communication); “Her gesture emphasized her words”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
emphasize (third-person singular simple present emphasizes, present participle emphasizing, simple past and past participle emphasized)
(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
• betone
• stress
• underscore
• de-emphasize
• downplay
Source: Wiktionary
Em"pha*size, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emphasized; p. pr. & vb. n. Emphasizing.]
Definition: To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
