# emphasized

Pronunciation: say "EM-fuh-syzd" /ˈɛm.fə.saɪzd/

## Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of emphasize. — simple past and past participle of emphasize
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of emphasize. Use this form for something that was stressed or pointed out earlier.
   - _The report emphasized the risks of delaying treatment any further._
   - _Safety has been emphasized in every training session this year._

## Adjective

2. Given extra stress or focus, so that it stands out more than other things.
   - Simple: Made to stand out, so that people pay extra attention to it.
   - _The emphasized passages in the manuscript guided the editor's revisions._
   - _At her old school, test scores were far more emphasized than creative projects._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/emphasized (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).