Noun
1. special importance or significance;
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis""the room was decorated in shades of gray 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"