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Emphasis

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.

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Accentuation 76% connected

Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Stress 76% connected

Distress.

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Grandness 76% connected

Grandeur.

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Importance 76% connected

The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.

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Inflection 76% connected

The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

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Intensity 76% connected

The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

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Intensiveness 76% connected

The quality or state of being intensive; intensity.

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Prosody 76% connected

That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

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Emphasize 74% connected

To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

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Emphasize 74% connected

To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

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Emphatic 74% connected

Alt. of Emphatical

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Emphatic 74% connected

Alt. of Emphatical

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Stress 74% connected

Distress.

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Stress 74% connected

Distress.

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Synonym 3

Accent 92% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Stress 92% connected

Distress.

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Vehemence 92% connected

The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

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