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Emphatic meaning in English

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Emphatic

see synonyms of emphatic

Adjective

1. emphasised, emphasized, emphatic

spoken with emphasis

Example Sentences:
'an emphatic word'

2. emphatic, exclamatory

sudden and strong

Example Sentences:
'an emphatic no'

3. emphatic, forceful

forceful and definite in expression or action

Example Sentences:
'the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Emphatic

see synonyms of emphatic
adjective
1. Also: emphatical
expressed, spoken, or done with emphasis
2. 
forceful and positive; definite; direct
an emphatic personality
3. 
sharp or clear in form, contour, or outline
4. 
important or significant; stressed
the emphatic points in an argument
5. phonetics
denoting certain dental consonants of Arabic that are pronounced with accompanying pharyngeal constriction
noun
6. phonetics
an emphatic consonant, as used in Arabic

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Emphatic

see synonyms of emphatic
adjective
1. 
expressed, felt, or done with emphasis
2. 
using emphasis in speaking, expressing, etc.
3. 
very striking; forcible; definite
an emphatic defeat
4.  Grammar
designating or of a present tense or past tense in which a form of do is used as an auxiliary for emphasis (Ex.: I do care, we did go)

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Emphatic

see synonyms of emphatic
adj.
1. Expressed or performed with emphasis: responded with an emphatic "no."
2. Forceful and definite in expression or action.
3. Standing out in a striking and clearly defined way.
4. Linguistics Pharyngealized, velarized, or ejective. Used of consonants in Semitic languages.

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