emphases

nounimportance, prominence

Synonyms for emphases

noun importance, prominence

Antonyms for emphases

Word Origin & History

1570s, from Latin emphasis, from Greek emphasis "significance, indirect meaning," from emphainein "to present, show, indicate," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm). In Greek and Latin, it developed a sense of "extra stress" given to a word or phrase in speech as a clue that it implies something more than literal meaning.

Example Sentences for emphases

Study it so sympathetically that you can follow its hints, and make its emphases.

He then began to read in a good round resonant voice, with clear enunciation and careful attention to his pauses and emphases.

Its emphases vary according to my own indifferences and ignorance as well as according to my own sympathies and knowledge.

These emphases in our defense planning have been made at my personal direction after long and thoughtful study.

The variations and emphases that feeling may dictate can be done in the painting stage.

That piles up all the emphases and all the climaxes and all the destinies into life here.