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verb |
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focus attention on |
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accent, bring attention to, call attention to , draw attention to, emphasize, feature, give prominence to, highlight, point up, spotlight, stress, underline, underscore
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divert attention from, mask
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mention
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verb |
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refer to |
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acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to , cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, hint at, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, make known, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, point to, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, speak about, speak of, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, touch on |
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play up
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verb |
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emphasize |
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accentuate, bring to the fore, call attention to , feature, highlight, italicize, magnify, make a production of, point up, stress, turn spotlight on, underline, underscore |
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deemphasize, play down, underrate, undervalue |
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promote
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verb |
| Definition: |
help, advance |
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advertise, advocate, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, benefit, bolster, boost, build up*, call attention to , champion, contribute, cooperate, cry*, develop, encourage, endorse, espouse, forward, foster, further, get behind, hype*, improve, nourish, nurture, patronize, plug*, popularize, propagandize, publicize, puff, push, push for, recommend, sell, serve, speak for, speed, sponsor, stimulate, subsidize, succor, support, uphold, urge, work for |
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condemn, discredit, dishonor, hurt
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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underline
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| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
emphasize; mark |
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accentuate, bracket, call attention to , caption, check off, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, interlineate, italicize, play up, point to, point up, rule, stress, underscore |
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underscore
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| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
underline, emphasize |
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accent, accentuate, call attention to , caption, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, italicize, mark, point to, stress |
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