- special importance or significance;
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis" "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
- intensity or forcefulness of expression;
"the vehemence of his denial" "his emphasis on civil rights"
- special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"