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How to pronounce “de-emphasize”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of de-emphasize with real speech in context.
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- Why Nations Fail
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down.
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down.
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