emphatic
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
emphatic (comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic)
|
Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- Characterized by emphasis.
- Stated with conviction.
- He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
- belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
- (phonology) of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.
[edit] Translations
characterized by emphasis
|
stated with conviction
belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb 'do' + an infinitive without 'to'
of emphatic consonants
|