emphasized

[ em-fuh-sahyzd ]

adjective

1. made more visible, more important, etc.; stressed:

   Read the emphasized sentence carefully, and contrast it with the information given in the previous paragraph.

   Good sportsmanship was the emphasized theme of the club's operations.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of emphasize ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·em·pha·sized especially British, un·em·pha·sised adjective
• well-em·pha·sized especially British, well-em·pha·sised adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emphasized¹

emphasize ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

With the shuffling pieces in the secondary, the Chargers have emphasized communication to keep their defense intact.

From Los Angeles Times

In a television advertisement, Baugh shared about his younger brother’s death from fentanyl in 2020 and emphasized that his first priority in Congress would be to address the fentanyl epidemic.

From Los Angeles Times

“Democrats were mostly running against an identity that was defined for them based on a couple of months of post-George Floyd Defund the Police #MeToo Instagram posts from four years ago,” Stewart emphasized.

From Salon

Both Breed and Thao emphasized in their efforts to retain office that crime levels had fallen in their cities in recent months, and asked for more time to make change.

From Los Angeles Times

Democrats had also hoped the same would happen if they emphasized Trump's successful effort to get Roe v.

From Salon

Related Words

• accentuate
• affirm
• assert
• highlight
• indicate
• maintain
• point out
• reiterate
• repeat
• underline
• underscore