emphatic
IPA: ɛmfˈætɪk
noun
- (phonology) An emphatic consonant.
- (linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".
adjective
- Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
- Stated with conviction.
- (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.
- (phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
- pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages
- ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages
- (phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
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Examples of "emphatic" in Sentences
- The miners emphatically protest.
- So the answer is an emphatic yes.
- The emphatic particle can be added.
- Anyway the answer is an emphatic yes.
- The reverse is emphatically not the case.
- The emphatic consonants in Aramaic as spoken by.
- Marcopolo is emphatic in the above said emphases.
- Clark and Davis emphatically denied the allegation.
- The answer to that question, of course, is an emphatic yes.
- The picture should absolutely and emphatically not be removed.
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