{
    "term": "emphasis",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "special importance that is given to something",
            "sensetop": "emphasis on/upon somethingemphasis on/upon doing somethingwith an emphasis on something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Since the elections there has been a **greater emphasis** on education.",
                    "contextForm": "emphasis on/upon something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **put/lay/place emphasis** on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to put **particular/special/strong emphasis** on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Increased emphasis **is now being placed on corporate image."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The emphasis is very much on learning the spoken language.",
                    "contextForm": "emphasis on/upon doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is too much emphasis on reducing costs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We provide all types of information, with an emphasis on legal advice.",
                    "contextForm": "with an emphasis on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been **a shift of emphasis** from manufacturing to service industries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The course has a vocational emphasis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The examples we will look at have quite different emphases."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The alternative explanation puts more emphasis on economic factors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both subjects should be given equal emphasis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Education received special emphasis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Examine the events leading to the war, with particular emphasis on France's role in them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I believe the education system places undue emphasis on exam results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In recent years, the emphasis has moved away from punishing drug addicts towards helping them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Little emphasis was placed on educating people about the dangers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Democrats shifted the emphasis away from direct taxation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company lays great emphasis on customer care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The emphasis is on keeping fit rather than developing lots of muscles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We discussed where the main emphasis should be placed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cultural emphasis on educational achievement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "schools that put a heavy emphasis on sporting achievement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new emphasis on individuality and creative expression"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "stress",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "considerable", "great"],
                "verb + emphasis": ["give", "lay", "place"],
                "emphasis + verb": ["move", "shift", "fall on something"],
                "preposition": ["emphasis on", "emphasis upon"],
                "phrases": ["a change of emphasis", "a shift of emphasis"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the extra force given to a word or phrase when spoken, especially in order to show that it is important; a way of writing a word (for example drawing a line below it) to show that it is important",
            "sensetop": "emphasis on somethingwith emphasis",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're **placing the emphasis** on the wrong syllable.",
                    "contextForm": "emphasis on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **put** extra **emphasis** on the word ‘never’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I can assure you,’ she added with emphasis, ‘the figures are correct.’",
                    "contextForm": "with emphasis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His slight emphasis on the word ‘lady’ was definitely mocking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She repeated the question with emphasis."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "stress",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "slight", "extra"],
                "verb + emphasis": ["put"],
                "preposition": ["with emphasis", "emphasis on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈemfəsɪs/",
                "audio": "em/emphasis/emphasis__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈemfəsiːz/",
                "audio": "em/emphasis/emphases__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈemfəsɪs/",
                "audio": "em/emphasis/emphasis__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈemfəsiːz/",
                "audio": "em/emphasis/emphases__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, originally ‘appearance, show’, later denoting a figure of speech in which more is implied than is said (the original sense in English), from emphainein ‘exhibit’, from em- ‘in, within’ + phainein ‘to show’."
}