Noun

Singular emphasis

Plural emphases

emphasis (plural emphases)

  1. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
    He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
  2. Special attention or prominence given to something.
    Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
  3. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
    He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
  4. (typography) Related to bold.

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Fri Sep 11 15:36:43 2009

The etymological origin of "emphasis" is from the Greek ἔμφασις, from "εν(εμ)+ φαίνομαι" {em +fenome} aning : to accent the appearance, to underline, to put in bold, make something more significant or important.

The word emphasis, in addition to its main dictionary meaning, may have the following technical meanings.

  • Emphasis, a notion from FM signal transmission
  • Emphasis, in typography: visual enhancement a part of a text to make it noticeable
  • In the grammatical terminology used in discussing the Semitic languages, "emphasis" refers to certain phonologically differentiated stop or fricative consonant sounds. The exact phonological realization of emphatic consonants varies between languages, but includes ejective consonants in Ethopian Semitic languages, and velarization/pharyngealization on Arabic. Emphatic consonants include ط ص ظ ض in Arabic, and ט צ ק in Hebrew.
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Mon Sep 14 14:21:41 2009

why so much emphasis is mentionned with regard to parent's rights in quran compared to the rights of children?
Q. Here is a point to ponder over: We do not find in Noble Qur'an and Hadith so much emphasis on looking after the children as is the case with the rights of the parents. Why? The Sharia (Islamic law) has put a new challenge to those who think. Find out how logical this attitude is.
Asked by muhammad B - Sun Mar 1 00:29:54 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Perhaps you should check out this link; Goes over all aspects of children, adoption, lineage, and parents. Think that's what your looking for. But to answer quickly, look at how much the mother has to go through for the sake of the child. What did you do? How can we ever begin to try to return the favor back to our parents? That's how and why it's so important to respect them and love them. Look at Surah Luqman (chapter 31) verse 14, We have enjoined man concerning his parents - his mother carries him in her womb while suffering weakness upon weakness and then weans him in two years - "Give thanks to Me and to your parents, to Me is your final goal. There clearly, the woman goes through weakness upon weakness! IF you ever see a… [cont.]
Answered by Um Huda - Sun Mar 1 04:29:11 2009

How much emphasis do you put on body language?
Q. If someone is telling you one thing and their body language is saying something else, which do you believe? Do you think body language pertains to everyone or are some people simply unreadable?
Asked by CINDY J - Tue Jan 27 16:46:47 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If you train yourself to read people's facial expressions and other body movements and position as they speak or participate in any social setting, you can actually figure out what is going on in their mind. The book "Blink" has an interesting chapter about this.
Answered by yayu - Tue Jan 27 17:09:10 2009

When hiring an employee is there too much emphasis put on scholastic achievement?
Q. Understandably this depends on what type of position is to be filled .
Asked by izumi c - Wed Oct 11 10:29:33 2006 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There is always an emphasis put on scholistic achievement at a major company. at a small company the emphasis is on any person the Company can get.
Answered by glt025 - Wed Oct 11 10:39:42 2006

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