emphatic
/əmˈfætək/
noun
- 1
An emphatic consonant.
- 2
A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".
adjective
- 1
Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
- 2
Stated with conviction.
“He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.”
- 3
(grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.
- 4
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.
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