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emphatic

/əmˈfætək/

noun

Meaning

  • An emphatic consonant.

  • A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".

adjective

Meaning

  • Characterized by emphasis; forceful.

  • Stated with conviction.

    "He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out."

  • (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.

  • Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Semitic languages that are distinguished from both voiced and voiceless consonants by a certain phonetic feature or features.