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    • emphasis :special importance or significance
      • the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis|the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents

    • emphasis :intensity or forcefulness of expression
      • the vehemence of his denial|his emphasis on civil rights

    • emphasis :the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
      • he put the stress on the wrong syllable

    • emphasis :special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

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