emphasis

Definition:
1. Special importance or significance.
2. Intensity or forcefulness of expression.
3. Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
4. The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).

Use 'emphasis' in a sentence:

1. 'I might have known it!' Miss Burnett said with emphasis.
2. His voice was angry and he spaced the words for emphasis.
3. But you can use it as an adjective to give emphasis to the word that follows it.
4. In other words, emphasis was to be placed on wide circulation, rather than on collecting and storing books.
5. He lays stress/ emphasis on honesty as an important virtue.
6. The emphasis is on the first syllable of the last word.
7. Until recently, the emphasis in dam building was on the economic benefits.
8. Much emphasis is put on how to spend as much time if not more studying by themselves as being taught.
9. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction.
10. One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man.
11. The emphasis of current economic work is on getting the market in gear.
12. At a cat cafe, the emphasis is not on food and beverages but relaxing in the company of cats.
13. He placed great emphasis on the importance of family life and ties.
14. The emphasis should be shifted more towards Parliament.
15. Grant puts a special emphasis on weather in his paintings.
16. "No, indeed, it is not," Wendy replied with frightful emphasis.
17. They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
18. They need to give greater emphasis to strategic marketing.
19. High schools should lay emphasis on the cultivation of students' interpersonal communication skills.
20. The emphasis is swinging away from simply finding cures for illness to ways of preventing illness in the first place.
21. The emphasis of this new "community ecology" was on the composition and structure of communities consisting of different species.
22. The emphasis is on developing fitness through exercises and training.
23. The excessive emphasis on scholarship generates many unread books and mediocre articles in academic journals.
24. I suggest that you shift the emphasis away from yourself and on to them.
25. This book places a special emphasis on air pollution.
26. Now for thinking about the application or putting the content into practice, we put a great deal of emphasis on that.
27. He's argued from the start that America and its allies are putting too much emphasis on the military option.
28. The increasing emphasis for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years.
29. The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth.
30. Placing too much emphasis on being a good team player can negatively affect your career growth.
31. They place great emphasis on empirical studies.
32. An Asian American studies professor placed greater emphasis on teacher training than on teachers' background.
33. That emphasis on brevity applies even more when you are delivering a speech.
34. Their language is particularly difficult to learn because of its subtle shading of tone and emphasis.
35. Great emphasis is placed on education.
36. There has been a shift of emphasis from manufacturing to service industries.
37. The context of leadership is changing, they observe, and the historical emphasis on hard power is becoming outdated.
38. The stress/ emphasis of our work should now be on agriculture.
39. Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression.
40. The new breed of walking holidays puts the emphasis on enjoyment, not endurance.
41. Placing too much emphasis on their opinions can ruin a fantastic home purchase.
42. Emphasis was placed on the school as a transmitter of moral values.
43. Our company puts the emphasis on quality.
44. The new policy shifted the emphasis away from fighting inflation.
45. It places more emphasis on work efficiency than on workers' lives.
46. Other projects came up and the emphasis of my work altered.
47. We provide all types of information, with an emphasis on legal advice.
48. Particular emphasis will be placed on oral language training.
49. Generally, the programs of the president and the proposals of the governor appear to differ in degree and emphasis rather than ideology.
50. The President stressed a favourite campaign theme ─ greater emphasis on education.
51. The course has a vocational emphasis.
52. Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?
53. Too much emphasis is placed on research.