Meaning

1 senses
  1. To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down.

    reduce the emphasis

Forms

de-emphasizes, de-emphasizing, de-emphasized, de-emphasized
Base formde-emphasize · to de-emphasize
3rd person singularde-emphasizes
Present participlede-emphasizing
Past simplede-emphasized
Past participlede-emphasized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyde-emphasize
he, she, itde-emphasizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsde-emphasized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave de-emphasized
he, she, ithas de-emphasized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill de-emphasize

Synonyms

27 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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