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emphatic
[ em-fat-ik ]
adjective
- uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- using emphasis in speech or action.
- forceful; insistent:
a big, emphatic man; I must be emphatic about this particular.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- very impressive or significant; strongly marked; striking:
the emphatic beauty of sunset.
- clearly or boldly outlined:
It stands, like a great, stone dagger, emphatic against the sky.
- Grammar. of or relating to a form used to add emphasis, especially, in English, stressed auxiliary do in affirmative statements, as in He did call you or I do like it.
- Phonetics. having a secondary velar articulation, as certain dental consonants in Arabic.
noun
- an emphatic consonant.
emphatic
/ ɪ³¾Ëˆ´Úæ³Ùɪ°ì /
adjective
- expressed, spoken, or done with emphasis
- forceful and positive; definite; direct
an emphatic personality
- sharp or clear in form, contour, or outline
- important or significant; stressed
the emphatic points in an argument
- phonetics denoting certain dental consonants of Arabic that are pronounced with accompanying pharyngeal constriction
noun
- phonetics an emphatic consonant, as used in Arabic
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð³¾Â·±è³ó²¹³Ùi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
- ±ð³¾Â·±è³ó²¹³Ùi·³¦²¹±ô·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³Ü²Ôe³¾Â·±è³ó²¹³Ùi³¦ adjective
- un±ð³¾Â·±è³ó²¹³Ùi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of emphatic1
Example Sentences
It's certainly true that the eligibility criteria has broadened dramatically since the law was introduced nine years ago, so for critics the answer would be an emphatic yes and serve as a warning to Britain.
When I started working for Keir four years ago, not many people thought we could win a general election and certainly not in the emphatic way we did.
An emphatic period punctuates the sentence and each school’s logo is printed underneath.
The answer to that question should be an emphatic “No,†but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise.
Player of the match, New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra: "It's always a great feeling to contribute to the team. To get an emphatic win on the semi-final stage like this, I couldn't be happier."
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