stress β importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
accentuate β To accentuate something means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.
underline β to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
underscore β to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.
point out β a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
point up β a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
affirm β If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
assert β If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
indicate β to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
reiterate β to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
accent β Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
articulate β If you describe someone as articulate, you mean that they are able to express their thoughts and ideas easily and well.
charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
dramatize β to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
headline β a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
impress β to press or force into public service, as sailors.
press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
pronounce β to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
punctuate β to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
spotlight β a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
weight β the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
bear down β If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
dwell on β to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
limelight β Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
make much of β great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
play up β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
rub in β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
