Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to emphasise
Participle: emphasised
Gerund: emphasising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | emphasise |
| you | emphasise |
| he;she;it | emphasises |
| we | emphasise |
| you | emphasise |
| they | emphasise |
Perfect
| I | have emphasised |
| you | have emphasised |
| he;she;it | has emphasised |
| we | have emphasised |
| you | have emphasised |
| they | have emphasised |
Past
| I | emphasised |
| you | emphasised |
| he;she;it | emphasised |
| we | emphasised |
| you | emphasised |
| they | emphasised |
Pluperfect
| I | had emphasised |
| you | had emphasised |
| he;she;it | had emphasised |
| we | had emphasised |
| you | had emphasised |
| they | had emphasised |
Future
| I | will emphasise |
| you | will emphasise |
| he;she;it | will emphasise |
| we | will emphasise |
| you | will emphasise |
| they | will emphasise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have emphasised |
| you | will have emphasised |
| he;she;it | will have emphasised |
| we | will have emphasised |
| you | will have emphasised |
| they | will have emphasised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | emphasise |
| you | emphasise |
| he;she;it | emphasise |
| we | emphasise |
| you | emphasise |
| they | emphasise |
Perfect
| I | have emphasised |
| you | have emphasised |
| he;she;it | have emphasised |
| we | have emphasised |
| you | have emphasised |
| they | have emphasised |
Imperfect
| I | emphasised |
| you | emphasised |
| he;she;it | emphasised |
| we | emphasised |
| you | emphasised |
| they | emphasised |
Pluperfect
| I | had emphasised |
| you | had emphasised |
| he;she;it | had emphasised |
| we | had emphasised |
| you | had emphasised |
| they | had emphasised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would emphasise |
| you | would emphasise |
| he;she;it | would emphasise |
| we | would emphasise |
| you | would emphasise |
| they | would emphasise |
Perfect
| I | would have emphasised |
| you | would have emphasised |
| he;she;it | would have emphasised |
| we | would have emphasised |
| you | would have emphasised |
| they | would have emphasised |
Imperative
| you | emphasise |
| we | Let's emphasise |
| you | emphasise |
Verbs conjugated like 'emphasise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'emphasise'
emphasize,
deemphasise,
reemphasise,
deemphasize,
deëmphasize,
ecstasise,
emparadise,
empathise,
emprise,
epiphanise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From emphasis + -ise.
Sample Sentences
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It has emphasised that the proposals do not involve any work on the railway itself, so train services would continue to run throughout. [2022 January 12, “Network News: £7.2 million plan to stop flooding and protect South West rail link”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12:]
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Newt Gingrich accused New York mayor Bill De Blasio of “small soy latte liberalism” in 2014 – emphasising that the only thing more girlish than drinking a big dairy milky coffee was drinking a small vegan milky coffee. [2025 September 4, Sam Wolfson, quoting Newt Gingrich, “Latte-swilling ‘performative males’: why milky drinks are shorthand for liberal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2025:]