emphasis
B1Substantiv/US /ˈɛmfəsəs/ ĔMF-əs-əs; UK /ˈɛmfəsəs/ ĔMF-əs-əs/
A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
