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Emphatic
//ɛmˈfætɪk// adj, noun
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Adjective
- 1 Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
"Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout."
- 2 Stated with conviction.
"He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out."
- 3 Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
- 4 Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.; Phrayngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages.
- 5 Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.; Ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages.
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- 6 Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
Adjective
- 1 forceful and definite in expression or action wordnet
- 2 sudden and strong wordnet
- 3 spoken with emphasis wordnet
Noun
- 1 An emphatic consonant.
- 2 A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.
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