emphatic
adjEtymology
From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.
- derived from ἐμφατικός
Definitions
Characterized by emphasis
Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
Stated with conviction.
- He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an…
Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
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Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are…
Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic…
Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
An emphatic consonant.
A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.
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A definitional loop anchored at emphatic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at emphatic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at emphatic
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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