[ˈɛmfəsɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- special importance, value, or prominence given to something
(e.g: they placed great emphasis on the individual's freedom)

- stress given to a word or words when speaking to indicate particular importance
(e.g: inflection and emphasis can change the meaning of what is said)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: 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’