RE-EMPHASISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does re-emphasise mean? 

• RE-EMPHASISE (verb)
  The verb RE-EMPHASISE has 1 sense:

1. emphasize anew

  Familiarity information: RE-EMPHASISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RE-EMPHASISE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

re-emphasise; re-emphasize

Context example:

The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity

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