emphasise
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
give extra weight to (a communication)
Her gesture emphasized her words
Types & categories
- accent hypernym
Related & opposite
- emphasizing derivation
Sense 2 verb
to stress, single out as important
Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
Types & categories
- express hypernym
- background hyponym
- set off hyponym
- re-emphasise hyponym
- bear down hyponym
- topicalize hyponym
- point up hyponym
- ram home hyponym
- underscore hyponym
Related & opposite
- emphasizing derivation
- emphasis derivation
- stress derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | emphasizing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | accent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | emphasizing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | emphasis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stress |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | express |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | background |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | set off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | re-emphasise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bear down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | topicalize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | point up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ram home |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | underscore |