de-emphasise

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de-emphasise

Past participle: de-emphasised
Gerund: de-emphasising

Imperative
de-emphasise
de-emphasise

Present
I de-emphasise
you de-emphasise
he/she/it de-emphasises
we de-emphasise
you de-emphasise
they de-emphasise

Preterite
I de-emphasised
you de-emphasised
he/she/it de-emphasised
we de-emphasised
you de-emphasised
they de-emphasised

Present Continuous
I am de-emphasising
you are de-emphasising
he/she/it is de-emphasising
we are de-emphasising
you are de-emphasising
they are de-emphasising

Present Perfect
I have de-emphasised
you have de-emphasised
he/she/it has de-emphasised
we have de-emphasised
you have de-emphasised
they have de-emphasised

Past Continuous
I was de-emphasising
you were de-emphasising
he/she/it was de-emphasising
we were de-emphasising
you were de-emphasising
they were de-emphasising

Past Perfect
I had de-emphasised
you had de-emphasised
he/she/it had de-emphasised
we had de-emphasised
you had de-emphasised
they had de-emphasised

Future
I will de-emphasise
you will de-emphasise
he/she/it will de-emphasise
we will de-emphasise
you will de-emphasise
they will de-emphasise

Future Perfect
I will have de-emphasised
you will have de-emphasised
he/she/it will have de-emphasised
we will have de-emphasised
you will have de-emphasised
they will have de-emphasised

Future Continuous
I will be de-emphasising
you will be de-emphasising
he/she/it will be de-emphasising
we will be de-emphasising
you will be de-emphasising
they will be de-emphasising

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been de-emphasising
you have been de-emphasising
he/she/it has been de-emphasising
we have been de-emphasising
you have been de-emphasising
they have been de-emphasising

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been de-emphasising
you will have been de-emphasising
he/she/it will have been de-emphasising
we will have been de-emphasising
you will have been de-emphasising
they will have been de-emphasising

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been de-emphasising
you had been de-emphasising
he/she/it had been de-emphasising
we had been de-emphasising
you had been de-emphasising
they had been de-emphasising

Conditional
I would de-emphasise
you would de-emphasise
he/she/it would de-emphasise
we would de-emphasise
you would de-emphasise
they would de-emphasise

Past Conditional
I would have de-emphasised
you would have de-emphasised
he/she/it would have de-emphasised
we would have de-emphasised
you would have de-emphasised
they would have de-emphasised

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Verb

de-emphasise - reduce the emphasis

de-emphasize, destress

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

reduce - destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

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