emphasizer

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noun

One who, or that which, emphasizes.

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Meanings

nounemphasizer (plural emphasizers)

plural emphasizers · alternative emphasiser

  1. One who, or that which, emphasizes.

    Counterintuitively, the authors are down on the use of please as an emphasizer: “ ‘Would you please remember to include me on the email whenever you respond to a customer?’ conveys a sense of exasperation.

    2007 August 19, William Safire, “Gifts of Gab”, in New York Times

Origin

From emphasize + -er.

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APA

emphasizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphasizer

MLA

“emphasizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphasizer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emphasizer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphasizer.

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