From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplace value/importance/emphasis etc on somethingplace value/importance/emphasis etc on somethingto decide that something is important Most people place too much value on money. The company places a lot of emphasis on training. → place
Examples from the Corpus
place value/importance/emphasis etc on something• Some place emphasis on biotic, others on environmental factors.• A government department may place emphasis on careful administration and attention to detail, to research and to political manoeuvring.• It places emphasis on external evaluation and it undervalues the individual young reader's assessment.• In fact, these words break the sentence rhythm, placing emphasis on the words that follow. 