emphaticadj/ɛmˈfætɪk/

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  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.
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  Stated with conviction.

  • He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
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  grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsBelonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.

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  grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsRelating to an emphatic pronoun, or a noun with an emphatic suffix attached to it.

  • In Irish, the emphatic form of "mé" is "mise".
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  human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyBelonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.

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  human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyBelonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.

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  human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyReferring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).

emphaticnoun/ɛmˈfætɪk/

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  human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyAn emphatic consonant.

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  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.

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  grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA distinct pronoun form or noun suffix found in certain languages (e.g. Goidelic languages) that is used to place emphasis on the noun or pronoun in order to create contrast with the rest of the sentence.