Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emphasized

/ˈɛmfəsˌaɪzd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: em-pha-sized
IPA: /ˈɛmfəsˌaɪzd/

27

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been given extra stress or focus.

verb

simple past and past participle of emphasize

Example Sentences

"A slight inward swinging of the arms is always necessary, and is slightly more emphasized with girls."
"Whenever the subgroup members meet, the fraternal activities are more emphasized and anticipated, because the meeting usually creates an informal and pleasurable ethnic-style atmosphere. Fraternal activities are much more emphasized by immigrant churches and temples than by congregations in Korea, because for many members the lay association meeting is the only source for social gathering outside their home and workplace."
"I'm the first one in my family to graduate from college . . . higher education just hasn't been very emphasized."

Inflected Forms

more emphasized (comparative) most emphasized (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonemphasized overemphasized underemphasized unemphasized

Synonyms

emphatic emphasised

Questions

How do you pronounce emphasized?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛmfəsˌaɪzd/.
What does emphasized mean?: Having been given extra stress or focus.

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