reemphasize

verb

re·​em·​pha·​size (ˌ)rē-ˈem(p)-fə-ˌsīz 

variants or re-emphasize

reemphasized or re-emphasized; reemphasizing or re-emphasizing

transitive verb

: to emphasize (something) again

reemphasizing the important points

Yet the point must be re-emphasized: however technically "inactive" most of these men were … most of them were caught up, to some degree, by the burning issues of the day.

—Geoffrey Holmes

Examples of reemphasize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In January, just before President Joe Biden left office, the agency reemphasized that guidance as part of new safeguards for public housing tenants; that doesn’t include a recommendation about whether evictions should be included on tenants’ records as part of such deals. —Sawyer Loftus, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2025

Countries are both ramping up their defenses and reemphasizing the sovereignty of data and assets. —Dahlia Mihyar, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

This is my biennial letter to reemphasize Berkshire’s top priority and to get your help on succession planning (yours, not mine!). —Jane Swift, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025

Shell is undergoing its own more modest revamp reemphasizing oil and gas. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reemphasize

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize