Is it ungrammatical? Thanks. Yes, it is ungrammatical, Elinor. You place/put emphasis (noun) on something. You emphasize (verb) something. A synonym for "emphasis" is "stress". Let's try: 1. Some schools stress physical education. 2. Some schools stress on physical education. 3. Some schools lay stress on physical education.
Hi, I'm searching for a synonym for the phrase "two weeks" or "15 days". I remember that there's a particular single word that can be used to say "two weeks", but I can't find it :( Any suggestions?
I'm looking for a synonym of "breeding ground" in the following sense: "A place or set of circumstances that encourages the development of certain ideas or conditions." Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin...
Cheeky is often used as a synonym for "cutely amusing"; "charming" or "infectiously humorous" - children, monkeys, small/young animals are often described as "cheeky" in a positive manner. "Have you see the video of the cheeky kitten that starts eating the dog's food?" In this sense it has nothing to do with insolence - For once I agree with MW: rude and showing a lack of respect often in a ...
There may be a synonym somewhere but only for one meaning of each verb. In dleal's case the correct word is weighting meaning a technique for giving more or less weight to a quantitive result - as panjandrum's reply indicates.
Sensitive can be used as a synonym of these terms when dealing with a person (or, better, his/her parts, such as skin and hair, for instance), but it usually conveys the idea of "highly emotional or highly responsive to feelings or stimula". It deals more with emotions than physical appearance.