Dictionary entry
Emphasize
Pronunciation: /ˈɛmfəsʌɪz/
Pronunciation
/ˈɛmfəsʌɪz/
Myanmar Meaning
(v) (US) အသားပေးသည်။ အလေး ထားသည်။ emphasizes, emphasized, emphasizing
Definition
emphasis /'emfǝsÇs/ n ( pl emphases /-si:z/) [C, U] ၁။ (အဓိပၸာယ္ထင္ရွားေစရန္၊ အေလးဂ႐ုျပဳမိေစရန္) ေဝါဟာရကို ဂ႐ုသံျဖင့္ ရြတ္ဆိုျခင္း၊ ဖိရြတ္ျခင္း။ give special emphasis to a phrase. ၂။ ~ (on sth) အသားေပးမႈ။ အေလးထားမႈ။ 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 အသားေပးသည္။ အေလး ထားသည္။ Which word should I emphasize? ❍ He emphasized the importance of careful driving/emphasized that careful driving was important. ❏ emphatic /Çm'fætÇk/ adj ၁။ (ဤအဘိဓာန္၌ emph ဟု အတိုေကာက္ သံုးသည္။ ) အေလးအနက္ေျပာေသာ။ ျပတ္သားေသာ။ an emphatic denial အေက်ာက္အကန္ျငင္းခ်က္။ ❍ He was most emphatic that I go with him. ၂။ အျပတ္အသတ္ ျဖစ္ေသာ။ an emphatic victory. emphatically /-kli/ adv : ‘Certainly not,’ he replied emphatically. ❍ She is emphatically opposed to the proposals.
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.