EMPHASIZE definition: 1. to show that something is very important or worth giving attention to: 2. to make something…. Learn more. To emphasize is to make something important, or stress it, like when you were little and your parents would always emphasize the importance of looking both ways before crossing the street. EMPHASIZE meaning: 1. to show that something is very important or worth giving attention to: 2. to make something…. Learn more. 'Emphasize' means to give special importance or prominence to something in speaking or writing, and to make something more clearly defined.
