Emphasize
Emphasize verb - To indicate the importance of by centering attention on.
Usage example: supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories
Spotlight is a synonym for emphasize in stress topic. In some cases you can use "Spotlight" instead a verb "Emphasize", when it comes to topics like bring attention to.
Spotlight
Spotlight verb - Illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater.
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Synonyms for Spotlight
Emphasize is a synonym for spotlight in focus on topic. You can use "Emphasize" instead a verb "Spotlight".
Nearby Words: spotlit, spotlighted, spotlighting
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mark and emphasize
- mark and spotlight
- feature and emphasize
- feature and spotlight
- press and emphasize
- press and spotlight
- stress and emphasize
- stress and spotlight
- accent and emphasize
- accent and spotlight
- foreground and emphasize
- foreground and spotlight
- illuminate and emphasize
- illuminate and spotlight
Common collocations
| character | emphasize character | spotlight character |
| aspect | emphasize aspect | spotlight aspect |
| fact | emphasize fact | spotlight fact |
| characters | emphasize characters | spotlight characters |
| Other words: aspects. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- President Bartlett was originally supposed to be a One-Scene Wonder on The West Wing; the show was meant to focus on the senior staff, with the President appearing maybe once a month or so to emphasize the distance between the man at the top and the people working for him out of the spotlight.
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