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RE-EMPHASISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they re-emphasise ... he / she / it re-emphasises
Past simple: re-emphasised
Past participle: re-emphasised
-ing form: re-emphasising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emphasize anew
Example:
The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity
Synonyms:
re-emphasise; re-emphasize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "re-emphasise" is one way to...):
accent; accentuate; emphasise; emphasize; punctuate; stress (to stress, single out as important)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
