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• past participle of emphasize.
• past tense form of emphasize.

emphasized

American  

[em-fuh-sahyzd] / ˈɛm fəˌsaɪzd /

especially British, emphasised

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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of emphasize.

Other Word Forms

• unemphasized
  adjective
• well-emphasized
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of emphasized

emphasize ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Explanation

Something that's emphasized is stressed. The emphasized point of a politician's speech might be lowering taxes. When you put stress on something or pay it extra attention, you can describe it as emphasized. There are emphasized syllables in words, emphasized subjects in school, and emphasized parts of a wedding reception speech. The source of the adjective emphasized is the noun emphasis, "importance or stress." Emphasis is a Greek word, used in rhetoric to mean "significance" or "indirect meaning," from emphainein, "let a thing be seen."

Example Sentences

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emphasized

As a student, Hopper benefited from the teaching of Robert Henri, a painter who emphasized the artist’s need to separate himself from family, country, race and ideology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The society also emphasized the importance of specialist training, careful patient selection, and continued clinical trials to establish the treatment's effectiveness and long-term safety.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Sebastian added that Instagram and Facebook could benefit from new user experiences as well as better ad recommendations — though Meta emphasized that personal Muse conversations will not be shared directly with its advertising systems.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Ukrainian leader welcomed the proposed ceasefire but emphasized that Kyiv was still waiting for details from Washington and a response from Moscow.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

We emphasized to the court throughout the day's hearing that all of these statements were made by Myers before the initial trial.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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Related Words

• accentuate
• affirm
• assert
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• point out
• reiterate
• repeat
• underline
• underscore

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