Usually means: Special importance, value, or prominence.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word emphases:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. emphases: Merriam-Webster
  2. emphases: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. emphases: Collins English Dictionary
  4. emphases: Vocabulary.com
  5. Emphases, emphases: Wordnik
  6. emphases: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. emphases: Wiktionary
  8. Emphases, emphases: Dictionary.com
  9. Emphases: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Emphases: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. emphases: FreeDictionary.org
  12. emphases: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. emphases: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (emphasis)

noun:  Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
noun:  Special attention or prominence given to something.
noun:  Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
noun:  (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
noun:  (typography) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
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