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Punctuate

To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.

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Broader term 6

Add 76% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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Disrupt 76% connected

Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

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Evince 76% connected

To conquer; to subdue.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Interrupt 76% connected

To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Background 76% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Emphasise 76% connected

To make a point stand out as especially important.

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Emphasize 76% 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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Quote 76% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Underline 76% connected

To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

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Underscore 76% connected

To draw a mark or line under; to underline.

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Derivationally related 4

Accent 74% 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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Accent 74% 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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Accentuation 74% connected

Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

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Accentuation 74% connected

Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

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Synonym 6

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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Accentuate 92% connected

To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Emphasise 92% connected

To make a point stand out as especially important.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Emphasize 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stress 92% connected

Distress.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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