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• emphasis — noun 1 special importance/attention ADJECTIVE ▪ big (informal), considerable, great, heavy, huge ▪ schools that put a heavy emphasis on sporting achievement ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• emphasis */*/*/ — UK [ˈemfəsɪs] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms emphasis : singular emphasis plural emphases UK [ˈemfəsiːz] / US [ˈemfəˌsɪz] 1) special importance or attention that is given to one thing in particular emphasis on: The main emphasis… …   English dictionary

• emphasis — em|pha|sis [ emfəsıs ] (plural em|pha|ses [ emfə,siz ] ) noun count or uncount *** 1. ) special importance or attention that is given to one thing in particular: emphasis on: The main emphasis should be on quality rather than quantity.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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• Emphasis — The etymological origin of emphasis is from the Greek 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 …   Wikipedia

• Main Street, U.S.A. — For other uses, see Main Street (disambiguation). Main Street, U.S.A. Attraction type Themed land Theme 20th Century Marceline, Missouri …   Wikipedia

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• emphasis — [16] In Greek, émphasis originally meant simply ‘appearance’. It was a derivative of emphaínein ‘exhibit, indicate’, a compound verb formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and phaínein ‘show’ (source of English phase). It came to be used as a grammatical …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• emphasis — [16] In Greek, émphasis originally meant simply ‘appearance’. It was a derivative of emphaínein ‘exhibit, indicate’, a compound verb formed from the prefix en ‘in’ and phaínein ‘show’ (source of English phase). It came to be used as a grammatical …   Word origins

• main — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 ADJECTIVE ▪ gas, water ▪ broken (AmE), burst (BrE) ▪ water damage from broken mains ▪ There s a burst water m …   Collocations dictionary

• South Island Main Trunk Railway — The Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch and the Main South Line between Lyttelton and Invercargill, running down the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes together referred to as the South Island Main Trunk… …   Wikipedia