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I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else-that would be fatal.
Graham Kennedy

Meaning of "emphasise" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPHASISE

emphasise  [ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPHASISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Emphasise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb emphasise in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EMPHASISE

PRESENT

Present
I emphasise
you emphasise
he/she/it emphasises
we emphasise
you emphasise
they emphasise
Present continuous
I am emphasising
you are emphasising
he/she/it is emphasising
we are emphasising
you are emphasising
they are emphasising
Present perfect
I have emphasised
you have emphasised
he/she/it has emphasised
we have emphasised
you have emphasised
they have emphasised
Present perfect continuous
I have been emphasising
you have been emphasising
he/she/it has been emphasising
we have been emphasising
you have been emphasising
they have been emphasising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I emphasised
you emphasised
he/she/it emphasised
we emphasised
you emphasised
they emphasised
Past continuous
I was emphasising
you were emphasising
he/she/it was emphasising
we were emphasising
you were emphasising
they were emphasising
Past perfect
I had emphasised
you had emphasised
he/she/it had emphasised
we had emphasised
you had emphasised
they had emphasised
Past perfect continuous
I had been emphasising
you had been emphasising
he/she/it had been emphasising
we had been emphasising
you had been emphasising
they had been emphasising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will emphasise
you will emphasise
he/she/it will emphasise
we will emphasise
you will emphasise
they will emphasise
Future continuous
I will be emphasising
you will be emphasising
he/she/it will be emphasising
we will be emphasising
you will be emphasising
they will be emphasising
Future perfect
I will have emphasised
you will have emphasised
he/she/it will have emphasised
we will have emphasised
you will have emphasised
they will have emphasised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been emphasising
you will have been emphasising
he/she/it will have been emphasising
we will have been emphasising
you will have been emphasising
they will have been emphasising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would emphasise
you would emphasise
he/she/it would emphasise
we would emphasise
you would emphasise
they would emphasise
Conditional continuous
I would be emphasising
you would be emphasising
he/she/it would be emphasising
we would be emphasising
you would be emphasising
they would be emphasising
Conditional perfect
I would have emphasise
you would have emphasise
he/she/it would have emphasise
we would have emphasise
you would have emphasise
they would have emphasise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been emphasising
you would have been emphasising
he/she/it would have been emphasising
we would have been emphasising
you would have been emphasising
they would have been emphasising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you emphasise
we let´s emphasise
you emphasise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to emphasise
Past participle
emphasised
Present Participle
emphasising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMPHASISE


boxercise
ˈbɒksəˌsaɪz
Dancercise
ˈdɑːnsəˌsaɪz
de-emphasise
diːˈɛmfəˌsaɪz
de-emphasize
diːˈɛmfəˌsaɪz
emphasize
ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz
exercise
ˈɛksəˌsaɪz
fantasize
ˈfæntəˌsaɪz
metastasise
mɪˈtæstəˌsaɪz
metastasize
mɪˈtæstəˌsaɪz
misemphasise
ˌmɪsˈɛmfəˌsaɪz
misemphasize
ˌmɪsˈemfəˌsaɪz
ostracise
ˈɒstrəˌsaɪz
ostracize
ˈɒstrəˌsaɪz
overemphasise
ˌəʊvərˈɛmfəˌsaɪz
overemphasize
ˌəʊvərˈɛmfəˌsaɪz
postexercise
ˌpəʊstˈeksəˌsaɪz
reemphasise
riːˈemfəˌsaɪz
reemphasize
riːˈemfəˌsaɪz
sexercise
ˈsɛksəˌsaɪz
supersize
ˈsuːpəˌsaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMPHASISE

emperize
emperor
emperor moth
emperor penguin
emperorship
empery
emphases
emphasis
emphasize
emphatic
emphatical
emphatically
emphaticalness
emphlysis
emphractic
emphysema
emphysematous
emphysemic
emphyteusis
emphyteutic

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPHASISE

advertise
apotheosise
cruise
enterprise
expertise
gallisise
hypostasise
metathesise
mise
noise
otherwise
paradise
parenthesise
photosynthesise
promise
raise
resynthesise
rise
synopsise
underemphasise

Synonyms and antonyms of emphasise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «emphasise» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
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TRANSLATION OF EMPHASISE

Find out the translation of emphasise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of emphasise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «emphasise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

强调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfatizar
570 millions of speakers

English

emphasise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर जोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التأكيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подчеркнуть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enfatizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুরুত্ব আরোপ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mettre l´accent sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penekanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

betonen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強調する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

강조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nandheske
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhấn mạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வலியுறுத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जोर देणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vurgu yapmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

enfatizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podkreślenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підкреслити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sublinia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τονίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beklemtoon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

betona
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

understreke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of emphasise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPHASISE»

The term «emphasise» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPHASISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «emphasise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «emphasise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about emphasise

EXAMPLES

6 QUOTES WITH «EMPHASISE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word emphasise.
1
Johnny Ball
If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how difficult it is!
2
Jeffrey Bernard
One of the things that goes with getting older is that one becomes more conservative - and I emphasise that when I use the word conservative I do not mean politically.
3
Graham Kennedy
I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else-that would be fatal.
4
John Key
Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.
5
Louise Mensch
That said, I can't emphasise enough - and I hope you print this - that I absolutely don't judge anybody at all who has an abortion, nor do I think they are murderers, nor do I think they are baby killers.
6
Adora Svitak
I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes I think parents emphasise more on doing well in school, which is important, but perhaps that sometimes comes at the cost of a child's natural curiosity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPHASISE»

Discover the use of emphasise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to emphasise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research
My stepmother says : "I never knew him to use his cane to emphasise his words in conversation — was always deliberate." My brother wrote in his first reply, which was mislaid, and found when the second letter was answered, that he " never ...
2
Proceedings
My stepmother says : "I never knew him to use his cane to emphasise his words in conversation — was always deliberate." My brother wrote in his first reply, which was mislaid, and found when the second letter was answered, that he '' never ...
Society for Psychical Research, 1901
3
Proceedings
My stepmother says : "I never knew him to use his cane to emphasise his words in conversation — was always deliberate." My brother wrote in his first reply, which was mislaid, and found when the second letter was answered, that he " never ...
Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain), 1901
4
Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments
The deficit model Individualist relations Emphasise T consciousness, autonomy, emotional independence, individual initiative, the right to privacy, the need for specific friendship and uni- versalism. They stress an /versus you distinction and on ...
John Swain, 2004
5
How to prepare essays, lectures, articles, books, speeches ...
Some Americans perhaps err most with respect to Emphasising too many things : they suffer in their advertisements and in their notices in certain Papers, because, when they wish to Emphasise an Idea, they have no further means at their ...
Eustace Miles, 1905
6
Guided error correction, level C1
Sp. 'El ministro se refirió a los resultados del sondeo' = Eng. 'The minister remarked on/commented on the poll results.' 82. To remark vs. to stress/ emphasise Sp. 'remarcar algo' = Eng. 'to stress/emphasise something' • Sp. 'Me gustaría ...
Michael Kennedy-Scanlon, Juli Cebrian, John Bradbury, 2010
7
Quality School Education
Themes. to. Emphasise. in. the. Geography. Curriculum. There are major themes in geography which all teachers should incorporate into the social studies. These themes assist students to organise information and relate relevant ideas.
Marlow Ediger, 2010
8
Pronunciation Games
The speaker may choose to emphasise a word to indicate its importance. Consider this exchange: A How long have you lived here? B About two years. How long have you lived here? Here, B emphasises you to signal a change in the subject ...
Mark Hancock, 1995
9
Monthly Packet
Or, on the other hand, should any one for philanthropic reasons become a special constable, it might be his duty to emphasise a barrier between different classes by guarding it. But in neither case nor in any other is it desirable to emphasise or ...
Charlotte Mary Yonge, Christabel Rose Coleridge, Arthur Innes, 1887
10
Journal of the Royal Society of Arts ...
But this surface decoration was applied only to the frieze ; the Greeks never weakened the great constructive feature, the architrave, by carving it, unless by the addition of a narrow band of ornament in such a way as to emphasise its horizontal ...
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), 1888

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPHASISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term emphasise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Poorer than Greece: the EU countries that reject a new Athens bailout
“However, we strictly emphasise that solidarity cannot be a one-way relationship. I mean that the country willing to receive our help must be ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Lost in translation
The incongruity of these comparisons along with his unrealistic expectations of America emphasise Mr Oren's position as a perennial outsider, ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
3
Loyalist hacked to death with sword
Outlining the PSNI's main line of inquiry, he added: "I would emphasise this appears to be an incident that is motivated as a result of personal ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
Child sexual abuse inquiry 'could last until 2020'
She also said it was important to emphasise that this is the largest and most ambitious public inquiry ever established in England and Wales. «BBC News, Jul 15»
5
Small chapel stands alone in the heart of an Argentinian forest
"When the chapel is seen by far the contrast between materials – basalt stone walls, white surround and wooden interior – emphasise its ... «Dezeen, Jul 15»
6
From the archive, 9 July 1914: Sir Denis Anson's death in the 'grim …
I am glad to hear you say that, because I should like to hear you emphasise and say that there is absolutely no foundation for saying that he ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
As it happened: Ashes 2015, England v Australia, first Test, day one
Root brings up his seventh Test hundred with a glorious cover drive off Hazlewood, even going down on one knee to emphasise the sweetness ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Wimbledon 2015: Centre Court Crowd Leaves Azarenka and More …
So we're left in a curious position where the crowd on Centre Court, the one that is beamed to the world, often emphasise its worst excesses ... «NDTVSports.com, Jul 15»
9
Nigeria's central bank de-emphasises FX rate on black market …
LAGOS, July 9 Nigeria's central bank does not emphasise the parallel market, which has thin dollar volumes, in the determination of naira ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
10
China Share Rout Hits Global Markets
... the Chinese economy, President Xi Jinping announced that henceforth, the government would emphasise “the decisive role of market forces. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»

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