emphatic

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more emphaticmost emphatic

Superlative

emphatick

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 plus an infinitive without to.
4.
(phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
5.
(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/).

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

emphaticsemphatick

1.
(phonology) An emphatic consonant.
2.
(linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

pointed distinct

Trái nghĩa

plain

Cùng gốc / liên quan

emphaticnessnonemphatic overemphatic unemphaticemphatic pronounemphatic stateemphaticalemphaticallyemphasisemphasiseemphasize phatic

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatic), from ἐμφαίνω (I show, present), from ἐν (in) + φαίνω (I shine, show); related to ἔμφασις and English emphasis.