Emphasizing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emphasize \Em"pha*size\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emphasized}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Emphasizing}.]
     To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to
     make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  emphasizing \emphasizing\ n.
     The act of giving special importance or significance to
     something.
  
     Syn: accenting.
          [WordNet 1.5] emphatic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emphasizing
       n : the act of giving special importance or significance to
           something [syn: {accenting}, {accentuation}]