"de-emphasize" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "de- + emphasize",
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  "etymology_text": "From de- + emphasize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "de-emphasizes",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-emphasizing",
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-emphasized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-emphasized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "de-emphasize (third-person singular simple present de-emphasizes, present participle de-emphasizing, simple past and past participle de-emphasized)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down."
      ],
      "id": "en-de-emphasize-en-verb-3N-E~rVH",
      "links": [
        [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis"
        ],
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ],
        [
          "play down",
          "play down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "de-emphasise"
        },
        {
          "word": "deemphasise"
        },
        {
          "word": "deemphasize"
        },
        {
          "word": "deëmphasize"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diːˈɛmfəsaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "de-emphasize"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "emphasize"
      },
      "expansion": "de- + emphasize",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From de- + emphasize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "de-emphasizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-emphasizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-emphasized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-emphasized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis"
        ],
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ],
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          "play down",
          "play down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diːˈɛmfəsaɪz/",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "de-emphasise"
    },
    {
      "word": "deemphasise"
    },
    {
      "word": "deemphasize"
    },
    {
      "word": "deëmphasize"
    }
  ],
  "word": "de-emphasize"
}