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emphasis

/ˈɛmfəsɪs/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɛmfəsɪs/
emphasis
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

em - pha - sis -> emphasis

Myanmar meaning

(n) (အဓိပ္ပါယ်ထင်ရှားစေရန်၊ အလေးဂရုပြုမစေရန်) ဝေါဟာရကို ဂရုသံဖြင့် ရွတ်ဆိုခြင်း၊ ဖိရွတ်ခြင်း။ ~ (on sth) အသားပေးမှု။ အလေးထားမှု။

Full entry

emphasis /'emfǝsÇs/ n (pl emphases /-si:z/) [C, U]

၁။ (အဓိပ္ပာယ်ထင်ရှားစေရန်၊ အလေးဂရုပြုမိစေရန်) ဝေါဟာရကို ဂရုသံဖြင့် ရွတ်ဆိုခြင်း၊ ဖိရွတ်ခြင်း။
give special emphasis to a phrase.
၂။ ~ (on sth) အသားပေးမှု။ အလေးထားမှု။
Some schools put/lay/place great emphasis on language study. ❍ There has been a shift of emphasis from manufacturing to service industries. ❍ The emphasis is on hard work, not enjoyment.
❏ emphasize, -ise /'emfǝsaÇz/ v
အသားပေးသည်။ အလေး ထားသည်။
Which word should I emphasize?
❍ He emphasized the importance of careful driving/emphasized that careful driving was important.
❏ emphatic /Çm'fætÇk/ adj
၁။ (ဤအဘိဓာန်၌ emph ဟု အတိုကောက် သုံးသည်။ )
အလေးအနက်ပြောသော။ ပြတ်သားသော။
an emphatic denial အကျောက်အကန်ငြင်းချက်။ ❍ He was most emphatic that I go with him.
၂။ အပြတ်အသတ် ဖြစ်သော။
an emphatic victory. emphatically /-kli/ adv : ‘Certainly not,’ he replied emphatically.
❍ She is emphatically opposed to the proposals.

More examples
  • [emphasis on] : The main emphasis should be on quality rather than quantity.
  • We place great emphasis on staff development.
  • [place/lay/put emphasis on something] : We should place greater emphasis on staff development.
  • ‘I will not!’ she said with emphasis.
  • [emphasis on] : The emphasis is usually on the first syllable.
Synonyms
stress, importance, weight, accent, prominence, highlighting, accentuation, attention, decidedness, force, headline, highlight, impressiveness, insistence, intensity, moment, positiveness, power, preeminence, priority, significance, strength, underlining, underscoring
Antonyms
ignorance, incompetence, insignificance, lethargy, triviality, unimportance, weakness
Cross references
stressimportanceweightaccentprominencehighlightingaccentuationattentiondecidednessforceheadlinehighlightimpressivenessinsistenceintensitymomentpositivenesspowerpreeminenceprioritysignificancestrengthunderliningunderscoringignoranceincompetenceinsignificancelethargy
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