"emphasise" meaning in English

See emphasise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-emphasise.wav Forms: emphasises [present, singular, third-person], emphasising [participle, present], emphasised [participle, past], emphasised [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} emphasise (third-person singular simple present emphasises, present participle emphasising, simple past and past participle emphasised)
  1. British standard spelling of emphasize. Derived forms: deemphasise, emphasiser, overemphasise, re-emphasise, underemphasise, underemphasised
    Sense id: en-emphasise-en-verb-CEamhOAK Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "word": "re-emphasise"
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