Scrabble?! EMPHASIS

Definitions of EMPHASIS in various dictionaries:

noun - special importance or significance

noun - intensity or forcefulness of expression

noun - special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

noun - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

Special forcefulness of expression that gives importance to something singled out; stress: a lecture on housekeeping with emphasis on neatness; paused for emphasis, then an noun ced the winner’s name.

Special attention or effort directed toward something: a smalltown newspaper’s emphasis on local affairs.

The central meaning shared by these noun s is “special weight placed on something considered important”: laid a strong emphasis on the study of foreign languages; opposition to nuclear power plants, with the accent on total elimination; lay heavy stress on law and order.

noun - special significance imparted to something