how to pronounce emphasis

/ˈɛmfəsɪs/

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the above transcription of emphasis is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

emphasis is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of emphasis in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… words are used for emphasis to shock and …”

meaning of emphasis

Emphasis is the act of drawing attention to something.

emphasis frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word emphasis occurs in english on average 17.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics emphasis can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that emphasis can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;