topicalize

A verb used in linguistics to indicate the act of making a particular element the topic or focus of a sentence or discourse.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado na linguística para designar a ação de transformar um determinado elemento em tópico ou foco da frase ou do discurso.

1. Emphasize in a sentence C2 formal

   To place a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence or give it heavy stress to highlight its importance.

   • In English, you can topicalize an object by moving it to the front, as in 'That book, I have read.'
   • The speaker topicalized the key point by saying 'This issue, we must address immediately.'
   • Linguists study how different languages topicalize elements for emphasis.

   🇵🇹Destacar na frase

   Sinônimos: emphasizeforegroundfronthighlightstress

   Antônimos: background

• topicalized past participle
• topicalized past simple
• topicalizing present participle
• topicalizes third person singular