English-Thai Dictionary

emphasis

N การ เน้นย้ำ  accent stress weight kan-nen-yam

 

emphasis

N ความสำคัญ  importance significance stress kwam-sam-kan

 

emphasise

VT เน้น ให้ความสำคัญ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMPHASIS

n.In rhetoric, a particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given to the words or parts of a discourse, whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience; or a distinctive utterance of words, specially significant, with a degree and kind of stress suited to convey their meaning in the best manner. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMPHASIS

Em "pha *sis, n.; pl. Emphases. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Phase. ]

 

1. (Rhet.)

 

Defn: A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter.

 

2. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis. External objects stand before us. .. in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

emphasis

em pha sis |ˈemfəsis ˈɛmfəsəs | ▶noun ( pl. emphases |-ˌsēz | ) special importance, value, or prominence given to something: they placed great emphasis on the individual's freedom | different emphases and viewpoints. • stress laid on a word or words to indicate special meaning or particular importance. • vigor or intensity of expression: he spoke with emphasis and with complete conviction. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, originally ‘appearance, show, ’ later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English ), from emphainein ‘exhibit, ’ from em- ‘in, within ’ + phainein ‘to show. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

emphasis

emphasis |ˈɛmfəsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. emphases |-siːz | ) [ mass noun ] 1 special importance, value, or prominence given to something: they placed great emphasis on the individual's freedom | [ count noun ] : different emphases and viewpoints. 2 stress given to a word or words when speaking to indicate particular importance. • vigour or intensity of expression: he spoke with emphasis and with complete conviction. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, originally ‘appearance, show ’, later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English ), from emphainein ‘exhibit ’, from em- ‘in, within ’ + phainein ‘to show ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

emphasis

emphasis noun 1 the curriculum gave more emphasis to reading and writing: prominence, importance, significance, value; stress, weight, accent, attention, priority, preeminence, urgency, force. 2 the emphasis is on the word “little ”: stress, accent, accentuation, weight, prominence; beat; Prosody ictus.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

emphasis

emphasis noun 1 the curriculum for 16 -year-olds gave more emphasis to reading and writing: prominence, importance, significance; stress, weight, attention, priority, urgency, force, forcibleness, insistence, underlining, underscoring, intensity; import, power, moment, mark, pre-eminence. 2 the emphasis is on the word ‘little ’: stress, accent, accentuation, weight, force, prominence; beat; Prosody ictus.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

emphasis

em pha sis /émfəsɪs / (! 強勢は第1音節 ) →emphasize 名詞 複 -ses /-sìːz /1 U «…の » 強調 , 重点 , 重視 (stress ) «on , upon » (!具体例ではan ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ place [put, lay ] emphasis on A A 〈物 事など 〉を強調 [重視 ]する ▸ say with emphasis 強調して言う ▸ The emphasis in these English lessons is on speaking .これらの英語の授業では会話に重点が置かれている 2 U C 〘音声 〙強勢 , 強調 .3 U C (表現 感情などの )力強さ, 迫力 ; (色彩などの )鮮明さ .