Word

emphasis, n.
(emphases)
freq. cnt. 26

special importance or significance
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 1

accent emphasis

sample sentences

"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
"the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

emphatic emphasize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

accentuate accent

semantic pointers

hypernym

importance, grandness

hyponym

stress, focus

intensity or forcefulness of expression
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1

emphasis vehemence

sample sentences

"the vehemence of his denial"
"his emphasis on civil rights"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

emphatic emphatic

semantic pointers

hypernym

intensity, intensiveness

hyponym

overemphasis

special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

emphasis

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

emphatic

semantic pointers

hyponym

topicalization

hypernym

rhetorical device

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 67 freq. cnt.: 67

accent emphasis stress

sample sentences

"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stress

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

emphatic emphatic

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

accentual accentual accentuate accent

semantic pointers

hypernym

prosody, inflection

hyponym

accentuation tonic accent, pitch accent word stress, word accent sentence stress