Hyphenation of emphasis

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word emphasis? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

em-pha-sis

Definitions of emphasis:

1.
Special importance or significance
The red light gave the central figure increased emphasis The room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents
2.
Intensity or forcefulness of expression
The vehemence of his denial His emphasis on civil rights
3.
Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
4.
The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
He put the stress on the wrong syllable

Synonyms of emphasis:

noun accent, importance, grandness
noun vehemence, intensity, intensiveness
nounrhetorical device
noun stress, accent, prosody, inflection

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