to lay stress on

  • 71insist — v 1. be emphatic, be firm, be resolute, hold, be pertinacious; emphasize, stress, lay stress or emphasis on, give emphasis to; underline, underscore, point up, call attention to, mark, bring home, press home; harp on, dwell on. 2. assert, allege …

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  • 72italicize — v underscore, underline, mark, point up, call attention to, bring home, press home; emphasize, stress, lay stress or emphasis upon, give emphasis to, punctuate, accent, accentuate; feature, highlight, spotlight, play up, give prominence to, bring …

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  • 73punctuate — v 1. interrupt, interfere, intrude, obtrude; intersperse, interpose, interpolate, insert, interject, wedge in, put in; cut in, break in, barge in, Inf. butt in, Inf. horn in, Inf. muscle in, Inf. chisel in; interspace with, interfuse, incorporate …

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  • 74spotlight — n 1. floodlight, flood, arc light, arc, foot light, Inf. foot, klieg light, Inf. spot; searchlight; flashlight, Brit. torch. 2. limelight, public eye or consciousness, glare of public attention, glare, daylight, bright light; fame, notoriety;… …

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  • 75underscore — v emphasize, stress, lay stress or emphasis upon, give emphasis to, punctuate, accent, accentuate; underline, italicize, point up, call attention to, mark, bring home, press home; feature, highlight, spotlight, play up, give prominence to, bring… …

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  • 76emphasize — verb Syn: stress, underline, highlight, focus attention on, point up, lay stress on, draw attention to, spotlight, foreground Ant: understate …

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  • 77emphasise — /ˈɛmfəsaɪz / (say emfuhsuyz) verb (t) (emphasised, emphasising) to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress. Also, emphasize …

  • 78accent — 1. The noun is stressed on the first syllable and the verb (meaning ‘to lay stress on, to emphasize’ in various senses) on the second. 2. In general use, an accent is ‘individual, local, or national mode of pronunciation’, as in a Scottish accent …

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  • 79punctuate — [v] lay stress on accent, accentuate, break, divide, emphasize, interject, interrupt, intersect, intersperse, mark, pepper*, point, point up*, separate, sprinkle, stress, underline; concepts 49,79,98,266 …

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  • 80Moinuddin Chishti — Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah of Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, India. Religion Islam Other name(s) Hazrat …

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