--- title: "How to pronounce \"deemphasizing\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"deemphasizing\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/glg3QmoRchg/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/deemphasizing" --- # How to pronounce "deemphasizing" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/dɪːmfæsɪzɪng/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **deem·pha·si·zing** ## Meaning & Usage ### VERB - present participle and gerund of deemphasize ### Example Sentences - "started deemphasizing a bit uh they we might see them roll back but Scarboro" - "clever in deemphasizing this demand in public. Of course, there is an expectation that more will be done with training and perhaps that more troops" ### Common Phrases - publicly deemphasizing - deemphasizing foreign - started deemphasizing - start deemphasizing ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (9 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "deemphasizing" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "months ago um so I'm I'm optimistic that China will uh actually China has already started deemphasizing a bit uh they we might see them roll back but Scarboro SCH actually um in the Philippines which is within the 200 mile economic zone of" - **Watch at 1:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glg3QmoRchg&t=75s) ### Example 2 > "topic. Experts say Obama is now concentrating on the battle against the Taliban and expects support from abroad. From the start, the Obama government was clever in deemphasizing this demand in public. Of course, there is an expectation that more will be done with training and perhaps that more troops will be sent, more money will be sent, but this won't lead to real conflict." - **Watch at 3:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zROyvmKKFh8&t=214s) ### Example 3 > "China's Lenovo is aiming for a younger cooler customer 8 years after reshaping the PC landscape by buying IBM's money losing ThinkPad division Lenovo is now at least publicly deemphasizing the dusty old desktop in the past we uh we are very much focused on the PC Product desktop notebook but today we are entering a new area called PC Plus era uh which uh we sell a huge amount of a" - **Watch at 0:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAcmUuJjBe8&t=18s) ### Example 4 > "And what is that line between deemphasizing your gender" - **Watch at 34:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7HnYlYFlaw&t=2093s) ### Example 5 > "seeing a pretty good gain more than 2% the Gap lower on the day this of course the operator of Old Navy and Banana Republic clothing chains downgraded at jeff which said it prefers to start buying luxury again and deemphasizing the value theme coming up this year that's it from here at the New York Stock Exchange Pim now back to you thank you very much Deborah C reporting from" - **Watch at 1:59**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQ-9G1TN6I&t=119s) ### Example 6 > "of started demoting hard news content after the platform became very divisive and everyone was saying, I'm seeing too much politics. And so, they said, all right, we're going to start deemphasizing that content. And, you know, they're applying some sort of sort of algorithmic demarit to it. And so all platforms when they rate content, they make choices about how much to boost things. The heating button does seem a little different just in that it's like" - **Watch at 14:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT1isKg52So&t=849s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "being a kill Joy it's not about taking away all forms of Happiness it's about deemphasizing the happiness that's about your own self accomplish" - **Watch at 13:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfmcydaWi4Y&t=797s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "uh long-term payouts um but you know costs upfront um so I guess my question is does does deemphasizing the importance of climate variability kind" - **Watch at 108:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1_5jPETmTI&t=6494s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "bit of foreign coverage in the in the newspaper. So I'm not sure that we're deemphasizing foreign news. Uh but we've certainly in terms of allocating our" - **Watch at 75:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCLc7r5-Hv4&t=4538s) ## How to Pronounce "deemphasizing" - **Syllables**: deem · pha · si · zing - **IPA**: `/dɪːmfæsɪzɪng/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “deemphasizing”? “deemphasizing” is pronounced /dɪːmfæsɪzɪng/ (deem · pha · si · zing). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “deemphasizing”? “deemphasizing” has 4 syllables: deem · pha · si · zing. ### What does “deemphasizing” mean? present participle and gerund of deemphasize ### How can I hear “deemphasizing” used in real sentences? This page has 9 real-world video examples of “deemphasizing” with synchronized subtitles. 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