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DE-EMPHASISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does de-emphasise mean?
• DE-EMPHASISE (verb)
The verb DE-EMPHASISE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DE-EMPHASISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they de-emphasise
... he / she / it de-emphasises
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Past simple: de-emphasised
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Past participle: de-emphasised
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-ing form: de-emphasising
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Past simple: de-emphasised
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Past participle: de-emphasised
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-ing form: de-emphasising
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Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduce the emphasis
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
de-emphasise; de-emphasize; destress
Hypernyms (to "de-emphasise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "de-emphasise"):
reduce (destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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